i have a tdv6 sport which went in to limp home mode.after the car had been stopped overnight it wouldnt start,further investigation revealed faults one egr valve and camshaft position sensor.both codes would not clear.on replacing the left hand egr and cam sensor the cam sensor now clears but car doesnt start and cam sensor fault reapeers on trying to start,its probably the other egr but i wouldnt of thought it would stop it from starting.the code for that comes back aswell.
Its obvious its the cam sensor but why ,any help please as i vow never to change either of them again.who ever designed them needs dragging behind my boat at 30knts in a force 8 gale lol.cheers John.

1. What year is your tdv6? Better still, update your RRS profile.
2. Please provide the codes that appeared.. Malaysia Boleh!
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Hi Bobby.the car is an 05 model and the codes are p0405-00 egr and p0341-00 cam sensor thes are from the autologic laptop.cheers John.

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Hi Bobby.tried to send you a pm but not allowed as less than 5 posts would of been nice if it told me that before i typed it all.
short version.we have 5 volts on the feed ,we have 5v to 2v on cranking.which i suspect is ok.if so does that mean your 5 possables are out of the picture.we have a good crank signal on the laptop from the crank sensor.we have good fuel pressure allthough the low fuel light is on.Battery is poor but we have it bolstered up.
Checking the loom back to ecu at the moment.I havnt heard of an egr valve preventing start is this possable.many trhanks.John.

Well checked the loom back to ecu cam sensor switching ok as is the crank sensor.
what do you think the discription range/performance meens for the cam sensor.
Whats the chances of valve timing being wrong due to kick back when engine was stopped maybe belt jumped a tooth or two heard of it on other makes.this would mean the two couldnt line up for start.cheers John.

Found the problem.removed front timing cover and the tensioner brng had disintegrated ,belt slipped due to slackness ,not very good for a 75.000 mile car,valves just catching by the feel of it,lets hope there ok,its amazing it drove home.Thanks to bobby for suggestions,put this one in your book mate.cheers John.

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Bobby wrote:

Glad it worked out OK for you!

Had a good look at the failed tensioner today,its only got a single row brng in the middle of quite a wide pulley.
In engeneering terms i dont think its up to the job.i found on other forums this is not an uncommon failure.
Finally got the correct timing hole,it didnt help that they were labelled wrong in the kit.we have not got any valve clash,lets hope they didnt collide when it let go.will know tomorrow as we should have time to fire it up,or set fire to it depending on the result.  2oo5 sport tdv6 (broken)
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The Good news is its running ok no damage,the bad news is it now shows p132bturbo boost .performance,is this dreaded turbo change because it was crap in the first place.Any help please thanks,John. 2oo5 sport tdv6 (broken)
S1 88 diesel (owned for 35 yrs)
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