I want to burn my car to the ground.

"JGrabowMSt" (jgrabowmst) 03/03/2014 at 00:13 • Filed to: CEL

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I had to do a lot of driving around this evening, and my car decided to throw the CEL after I got home. I was idling for about a minute when it gave me the finger.

P0340 -> Camshaft Position Sensor. More specifically, not always. Sometimes the Crankshaft Position Sensor. Sometimes the wiring between them.

There's also a small bulge on the sidewall of the front driver's side tire, so that means a new tire.

There's also that damn rust hole that I haven't had a chance to address yet.

I'm running out of the willpower to deal with this POS. I've already replaced the Camshaft sensor a few months ago. I have my doubts that it went bad again, but who knows, maybe it did. I'll have to make more time to stop at my friend's garage (on top of going to the tire shop) to have him take a quick look. That's assuming I go out in the morning, and it doesn't go straight into limp mode. If it does that, then I wont be able to drive to school for a very important class, I'll just limp it to my friend's shop and have him "take care of it" as quickly as possible. This shit couldn't have waited for spring break next week?

It isn't even remotely warm out, so I can't even fall back on the SL for a few days. That thing only has summer tires on it, and we're supposed to get 3 inches tonight (thankfully down from 12) but I'm just totally losing it.

My girlfriend is also sick right now, so color me extra stressed out just from that. It's a shit ton of "first world problems" but it shouldn't ever be this bad. This is just stupid.

Clearly, I need a new car. Not only do I need a new car, but I need to get a ramp truck. That's obviously what my life is missing right now.

Have one, just for your troubles. Time to *try* and get some sleep.

All Motor Is Best Motor > JGrabowMSt 03/03/2014 at 00:17

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And your car is a...?

JGrabowMSt > All Motor Is Best Motor 03/03/2014 at 00:21

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04 Neon 5spd.

Not entirely known for their reliability. In the FSM, it specifically has a long list of causes for P0340, and funny enough, crankshaft position sensor comes before camshaft position sensor. Car ran great all evening though, that's the annoying part.

All Motor Is Best Motor > JGrabowMSt 03/03/2014 at 00:26

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Well, that really sucks, and I hope everything works out for you. It's never fun being put in a pinch like that. I've had my car CEL on the way to college classes I couldn't afford to miss. Luckily they were all minor things. You have my sympathies.