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P0342 CHEVROLET
Camshaft Position Sensor Circit Lo! Vo"tage
Symptoms
- Engine Light O# $or Ser%ice Engine Soon &arning Light'
- Lac()Loss of Po!er
- Engine Sta""
Possible causes
- *a"t+ Camshaft Position Sensor
- Camshaft Position Sensor harness is o,en or shorted
- Camshaft Position Sensor circit ,oor e"ectrica" connection
- *a"t+ starter motor
- Starting s+stem circit
- -ead $&ea(' .atter+
Tech notes
Sometimes and in some mode"s/ "o! .atter+ %o"tage or a !ea( starter can can trigger a Camshaft
Position Sensor code.
Description
The Camshaft Position Sensor is an e"ectronic de%ice sed in an engine to record the rate at !hich
the camshaft is s,inning. This information is sed .+ the Engine Contro" 0od"e$EC0' to contro"
ignition and fe" in1ection. The camshaft ,osition sensor senses the retraction of camshaft $inta(e' to
identif+ a ,artic"ar c+"inder. The camshaft ,osition sensor senses the ,iston ,osition. The sensor
s+stem consists of a rotating ,art/ t+,ica""+ a disc/ as !e"" as a static ,art/ the acta" sensor.&hen
the engine is rnning/ the high and "o! ,arts of the teeth case the ga, !ith the sensor to change.
The changing ga, cases the magnetic fie"d near the sensor to change. The change in the magnetic
fie"d case the %o"tage from the sensor to change.&hen the cran(shaft ,osition sensor $POS'
s+stem .ecomes ino,erati%e/ the camshaft ,osition sensor ,ro%ides %arios contro"s of engine ,arts
instead/ ti"i2ing timing of c+"inder identification signa"s.
When is the code detected?
The camshaft ,osition sensor signa" is sent the Po!ertrain Contro" 0od"e $PC0' is too "o!