MeAndMyPenguin
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- 2002.5 Mazdaspeed Protege5
Hello everyone, my name is Jorge. I own a 2002 P5 and I love it to death. Its my first car. Everything is pretty much stock on the motor except for a Megan Racing Cat-back Exhaust. Today as I was driving home from auto zone, the car all of sudden misfired and loss of power for about a second and then came back. I thought it was just me at first but then it happened again. It only occurs when the RPM's are around 2000. I cant drive the car on the roads because at 2000 RPM's, it sputters and continues to sputter until it randomly gains power back. The car runs fine once the RPM's are above 3000. Anything under 3000, the car starts to sputter again. There was no CEL until I went to auto zone to get my codes checked. It came on when I was struggling to drive the car over 20 mph. The power inst there and it just sputters :/
There is also a clanking noise coming from the camshaft or the rockers. More specifically, where the timing belt is located is where the noise is comming from. I went to auto zone and had my CEL codes read. I ended up with 2 codes. One of them being the P0660 code which I know for sure is my vcts solenoid because the car struggles sometimes in the morning to stay on. I still haven't bought that piece yet. The other one is P0340 which is the camshaft sensor circuit malfunction. Could the camshaft sensor cause the clanking noise in the cams or the rockers???? Could it also be the cause of the other problem that I'm having??? I have no idea. Should I just buy another camshaft sensor and put it on to see if it fixes the problem? Or are there any other ways to check to see what is causing all this?? I could really use someones helps right now as I cannot drive my car anymore on the roads.
Im currently uploading a video to youtube showing what is happening when the RPM's are at 2000 and the clanking noise.
Here is the video. MIght want to wear headphones.
There is also a clanking noise coming from the camshaft or the rockers. More specifically, where the timing belt is located is where the noise is comming from. I went to auto zone and had my CEL codes read. I ended up with 2 codes. One of them being the P0660 code which I know for sure is my vcts solenoid because the car struggles sometimes in the morning to stay on. I still haven't bought that piece yet. The other one is P0340 which is the camshaft sensor circuit malfunction. Could the camshaft sensor cause the clanking noise in the cams or the rockers???? Could it also be the cause of the other problem that I'm having??? I have no idea. Should I just buy another camshaft sensor and put it on to see if it fixes the problem? Or are there any other ways to check to see what is causing all this?? I could really use someones helps right now as I cannot drive my car anymore on the roads.
Im currently uploading a video to youtube showing what is happening when the RPM's are at 2000 and the clanking noise.
Here is the video. MIght want to wear headphones.
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