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special tool for PO 340 code fix


BCbudd5

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Have a 2008 ranger sport,, 6 cylinder automatic, 208 thousand kms on it. bought brand new. 2 years after buying it the camshaft sensor code came up and they put a new sensor in. This happened a few times til finally the code stopped coming up after more sensors. two weeks ago my engine light came on so took it in for service to my regular mechanic. A PO 340 code came up again, truck was running fine. They think its possibly a intermittent fault with the cam synchronizer. They cleared the code and it was fine. they said if the engine light came on I would have to take it to ford as they are the only ones that have a tool to see what the issue is. Today the engine light came on and Im waiting 2 weeks to have ford look at it. Is this normal to have only a ford dealer have this special tool? and also does this seem like a expensive fix? thank you
 


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I wouldn't say it is normal for only Ford to have the alignment tool (which isn't really necessary BTW) but it isn't unusual for a small independent shop to not have it either. I'm not officially a shop but I have a set of them.

It is possible that they are referring to the oscilloscope functions available through Ford's scanner, and it would be unusual but not unheard of for non-Ford shops to have one of those.
 

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