new member with a few questions

[RRousta]

Hi Guys,

New to Explorer Forums, but not explorers.

My name is Rod, and I recently acquired my family's "hammy downs" 2002 Ford Explorer.

Its a Eddie Bauer Edition, 4.6L V8, 4x4. My family owned it since brand new.

here is a picture when its all cleaned up.

it needs some work such as:
-front struts
-serpentine belt
-maybe some body work if I really love it that much
-fixing mics things

my other cars are:
1995 BMW 530i
1990 Volvo 740 Turbo Wagon (currently for sale/pending sale)

I may acquire a 1990 Mercedes-Benz 500SL soon, so obviously I am a car buff. I do work myself, as I am a technician at a small indy shop.

Recently my explorer has thrown a CEL light presenting code P0340 (i think?) it is a cam position sensor malfunction code. Since then I have replaced the sensor with an original motorcraft sensor (du-72). The code is still present.

I still need to trace the wiring to make sure its getting power, and also i heard it might be caused by low battery voltage, which i havent had any problems with the car, but yet to hook up a battery load tester.

Could anyone comment on possible issues that could pop this code? the car has no driveability issues. I am not driving it currently, and know with this code i shouldnt be driving it much as the cam sensor adjusts the fuel mapping.

Thanks in advance!

 

[RRousta]

bump! still havent figured out the problem.

The car is in storage for now until i sell one of my other cars. The battery seemed to have been getting week from sitting, so I took it out and its on the trickle charger.

I can only hope its a simple problem, but i hope to investigate this later when i have time.