<![CDATA[E46 help. Please]]>So I had check engine light for the secondary air pump. Witch was one of three things. The pump the evap valve and the control switch. Turns outs the pump and vacuum control switch. So I got everything in that system to checkout and work. But immediately after fixing this problem. I got another code a POO11. I guess I'm wondering is this is because of something that I did. I look up symptoms of a faulty cam sensor. And I do not have any symptoms that point to a faulty cam sensor. I took pictures of Live stream data at idle about two grand and at four grand.

Any information or pointers would be great.

Can personally message me at 262 483 0545.

Or respond on the forum.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74522https://wibimmers.com/post/74522Fri, 02 Dec 2016 13:23:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Fri, 02 Dec 2016 03:15:09 GMT]]>I just took everything apart and put it back together. And the vacuum line was pinched on the valve cover everything is working correctly now.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74506https://wibimmers.com/post/74506Fri, 02 Dec 2016 03:15:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Fri, 02 Dec 2016 02:26:04 GMT]]>What power reading are you getting through the plug.

when testing vacuum are you using your vacuum pump to build the vacuum in the system, or just to read it?

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Daggerty said:

Are you grounding it through the plug?

Yes

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74504https://wibimmers.com/post/74504Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:37:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Fri, 02 Dec 2016 00:34:23 GMT]]>Are you grounding it through the plug?

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Daggerty said:

Are you checking for power by grounding it through the circuit?

No exactly sure what you mean. Grounded to the chassis or to the plug.

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Daggerty said:

Are you checking for power by grounding it through the circuit?

No, you dont get any donuts

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74496https://wibimmers.com/post/74496Thu, 01 Dec 2016 21:02:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:03:08 GMT]]>Are you checking for power by grounding it through the circuit?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74494https://wibimmers.com/post/74494Thu, 01 Dec 2016 20:03:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:47:30 GMT]]>Or get lost and eat them yourself

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Snap said:

Standard protocol is to send donuts to those in the thread that contributed to a diagnosis

Alright sounds fair

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74488https://wibimmers.com/post/74488Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:24:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:09:20 GMT]]>Standard protocol is to send donuts to those in the thread that contributed to a diagnosis

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74486https://wibimmers.com/post/74486Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:09:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Thu, 01 Dec 2016 13:34:35 GMT]]>Well I went threw cleaned everything rest the codes. Drive about a 175 miles and SES light comes back. Plug in the scanner and it's the secondary air bank one and secondary air bank two. I have replaced the smog pump. Checked the evap valve with a vacuum pump. It was between 15" and 18" of vacuum so that's fine. So I then checked the vacuum control switch. No vacuum. Replaced the line and the switch. Still no vacuum. So next step was I check to see if I was getting power at plug for the vacuum control valve. There was power at the plug. I then tested the valve it self ran power to the control switch and the valve opened. I blew in one end air came out the other. Then I put it all back together and check it again this morning. Still no vacuum. Yes I check the fuses. Any help would be great. Good thing no more cam sensors check engine light.

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dastuz said:

I know I'm late to the party and this recommendation is also potentially late...  I know on my S-motor I replace the micro filter on my Vanos unit roughly once a year.  It's super cheap, super easy to do, and I know a few people who have had a lot of luck with that preventing Vanos issues.

$0.02

Thanks for the info. I will also clean that filter.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74429https://wibimmers.com/post/74429Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:31:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:25:44 GMT]]>I know I'm late to the party and this recommendation is also potentially late...  I know on my S-motor I replace the micro filter on my Vanos unit roughly once a year.  It's super cheap, super easy to do, and I know a few people who have had a lot of luck with that preventing Vanos issues.

$0.02

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74428https://wibimmers.com/post/74428Tue, 29 Nov 2016 03:25:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:55:00 GMT]]>More get dirty but they also fail.  Neither would surprise me.

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patsbimmer1 said:

Fairly common.

Common fails or gets dirty.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74391https://wibimmers.com/post/74391Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:53:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:49:23 GMT]]>I only ask if an oil change was recently performed because i recently heard of someone discarding an important piece of the oil filter assembly while doing an oil change. Its a frequent enough variable so i thought id ask

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74390https://wibimmers.com/post/74390Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:49:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:17:50 GMT]]>Fairly common.

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patsbimmer1 said:

You can't properly get a good look at the pattern for a cam sensor without a scope.  The circuit for a cam sensor is pretty simple so unless you nicked a wire while doing the evap stuff then it was nothing you caused.  The signal goes straight from the cam sensor to the ECU so the check engine light is only reporting data that the sensor is giving.  I would assume it's either vanos related or the cam sensor actually is faulty.  I'd lean towards a vanos solenoid issue.

Is it common that the vanos solenoid fails or that it just gets dirty.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74385https://wibimmers.com/post/74385Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:16:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:31:01 GMT]]>You can't properly get a good look at the pattern for a cam sensor without a scope.  The circuit for a cam sensor is pretty simple so unless you nicked a wire while doing the evap stuff then it was nothing you caused.  The signal goes straight from the cam sensor to the ECU so the check engine light is only reporting data that the sensor is giving.  I would assume it's either vanos related or the cam sensor actually is faulty.  I'd lean towards a vanos solenoid issue.

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Snap said:

Did you recently do an oil change?

You may want to look into cleaning the vanos solenoid(s). I dont want to send you on a wild goose chase with unnecessary tasks, but its fairly simple and worth looking into

I will definitely be doing this I'm not due for a oil change yet but I'm going to do one today to try to remove any possible reasons why it would be acting up. Thanks for the response.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74378https://wibimmers.com/post/74378Mon, 28 Nov 2016 14:15:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:28:18 GMT]]>Did you recently do an oil change?

You may want to look into cleaning the vanos solenoid(s). I dont want to send you on a wild goose chase with unnecessary tasks, but its fairly simple and worth looking into

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74369https://wibimmers.com/post/74369Mon, 28 Nov 2016 08:28:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:54:56 GMT]]>I've had a issues with the forum not working properly. And I'm pressed for time on fixing the problem just wanted inside as soon as possible.

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/74367https://wibimmers.com/post/74367Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:54:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to E46 help. Please on Mon, 28 Nov 2016 04:52:35 GMT]]>sorry can't help you with the CEL issue, but no need for you to post this 3 times all across the forums. its pretty small here, people will see it in one place.

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