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Hi. I kind of have some technical issues with my car (Mazda 6) and I have met some other mechs in Lagos but no solution yet. I really miss Gazzuz (May God grant him eternal rest), do we have replica of him here; very technical, efficient, updated with modern technical know-how, cost effective, transparent, etc. ?

Kindly recommend please.

What exactly is wrong with your car sir?

PapaMama9ja:
What exactly is wrong with your car sir?

It has a P0016 camshaft/crankshaft correlation issue. It's a mazda 6

Was the engine opened before? Can you give a brief history of how the code came to be? Is that the only code on the engine or there are others?

A correlation code may be mechanical or electrical.

oluwaseunla:
Was the engine opened before? Can you give a brief history of how the code came to be? Is that the only code on the engine or there are others?

A correlation code may be mechanical or electrical.

I had a leaky oil seal behind the crankshaft pulley, so the mechanic who wasn't familiar with Ford engine system inputed in the mazda 6 wrongly cranked the ignition to loosen the crankshaft pulley bolt and this caused the timing to jump resulting to a P0011 and P0016 code initially. Another mechanic was able to reset the timing and also changed the complete camshaft A which before now was given this rattling sound at first startup of the day which smoothens out after some second. So, after the mechanic reset the timing, the both codes cleared off only for the P0016 to resurface after driving for about 10miles which repeats again even after clearing the DTC code.

Please note; At the initial time the codes (P0011 & P0016) resurfaces just immediately after clearing the DTC codes. But, after the other mechanic was able to reset the timing, only code P0016 illuminates after driving for about 10miles.

Thanks 🙏

kenmaro:
I had a leaky oil seal behind the crankshaft pulley, so the mechanic who wasn't familiar with Ford engine system inputed in the mazda 6 wrongly cranked the ignition to loosen the crankshaft pulley bolt and this caused the timing to jump resulting to a P0011 and P0016 code initially. Another mechanic was able to reset the timing and also changed the complete camshaft A which before now was given this rattling sound at first startup of the day which smoothens out after some second. So, after the mechanic reset the timing, the both codes cleared off only for the P0016 to resurface after driving for about 10miles which repeats again even after clearing the DTC code.

Please note; At the initial time the codes (P0011 & P0016) resurfaces just immediately after clearing the DTC codes. But, after the other mechanic was able to reset the timing, only code P0016 illuminates after driving for about 10miles.

Thanks 🙏

Replace camshaft sprocket with a brand new. Used ones are known to have internal failures

mayor2013:
Replace camshaft sprocket with a brand new. Used ones are known to have internal failures

The DTC code P0011 cleared off leaving code P0016 after replacement of the first camshaft sprocket detected to be faulty.

kenmaro:
The DTC code P0011 cleared off leaving code P0016 after replacement of the first camshaft sprocket detected to be faulty.

I don't think you understood my analysis. For you to diagnose this and be accurate. Does your mechanic have an oscilloscope to check sync between the camshaft and crankshaft. As a tech i would suspect the camshaft sprocket installed because am believing it was a used one that was installed. Its advisable to work with genuine oem internal engine parts inorder to prevent revisiting the same thing over and over. A scope capture is much more better in this regards. Good luck on your quest

mayor2013:
I don't think you understood my analysis. For you to diagnose this and be accurate. Does your mechanic have an oscilloscope to check sync between the camshaft and crankshaft. As a tech i would suspect the camshaft sprocket installed because am believing it was a used one that was installed. Its advisable to work with genuine oem internal engine parts inorder to prevent revisiting the same thing over and over. A scope capture is much more better in this regards. Good luck on your quest

Please, I wouldn't mind visiting your workshop if you're a car tech? Kindly let me know your location in Lagos.