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st.ryder64

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Once reset, comes on after the car's been driven for maybe a minute. Sources say it's a Bank 1 camshaft position sensor issue, but I see nothing wrong with the wires/connectors on the sensors on that side (passenger) of the engine. There appear to be two sensors for each bank over there, one has two conductors, the other three. Can anyone help me zero in on which sensor might be the guilty party?
 
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Thanks for the reply, @Bigphil555. Given that this was caused by me replacing the spark plugs, I wouldn't be at all surprised that I broke/pinched a wire during that process; the 12mm bolt on the passenger rear of the intake rounded and added an hour of swearing and wrestling to remove, during which the chances of me leaning on the wiring harness or one of the sensors were high. Can you pinpoint the exact location of the OCV for bank 1 for me? I'll start there. I don't SEE any issues with the harness, but there could be something under/behind the intake at this stage. Hopefully I can avoid the necessity of removing that thing again...but I guess it'll go lots faster this time.
 
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For anyone who cares, the solution was...don't mix these two plugs up, because they absolutely WILL plug into each other's connectors. When I reassembled after the plug replacement, I thought they went black-to-black and gray-to-white, but I tried to plug them in that way, and they didn't go. That time. Guess I was just exhausted after the 6-hour wrestling match with the plugs.

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I am glad you are sorted now - I guess that was a form of (self inflicted) harness issues.
Would've been nice if I'd figured it out before I pulled the intake again, but it went very quickly this time (on/off in about an hour). Practice makes perfect...

VERY glad it wasn't a broken wire in the harness or connector issue.
 
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