Camshaft position values way different from reference - could this be cause of misfire or a symptom?
I posted this is another sub but didn’t have and replies, so hope it’s ok to add here. I would appreciate any help or advice on this please. The car is a manual 2014 Peugeot 308 with the infamous 1.2 Puretech engine.
Had multiple misfire and timing error codes since we bought the car. So far had the timing belt changed, oil pump strainer cleaned out, all spark plugs and ignition coils changed, new high pressure fuel pump, fuel injectors cleaned and tested, camshaft position sensors and solenoid changed. Compression tested and results were ok.
Currently has a misfire that only happens on wide open throttle, and according to the code it is always cylinder 2. (Plug, coil and injector swapped and fault stays on cylinder 2.)
Trying to investigate myself now as the car isn’t worth enough to justify spending more money at the garage.
Looking at the OBD data steam, the Exhaust camshaft Dephaser position values are way different from the reference values at idle. Driving normally the values are then pretty close to reference. If I give it full throttle to cause a misfire there is then a massive difference in the values again.
I’m wondering if this points to the cause of the problem, or is just a symptom of the car trying to deal with the misfire?