Description - engine management (ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - V8) (page 12 of 43)

ENGINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - V8

DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION 18-2-17

Camshaft Position (CMP) sensor (C0176)

The CMP sensor is located on the front of the engine, above and behind the crankshaft pulley. The CMP sensor is a 
Hall effect sensor producing four pulses for every two crankshaft revolutions. The sensor is positioned close to the 
camshaft gear wheel, the gear wheel has four slots machined at 90

°

 intervals. This allows the ECM to recognise 4 

individual cylinders every camshaft revolution or all 8 cylinders every crankshaft revolution.

The CMP sensor Hall effect works as a magnetic switch. It switches battery voltage on or off depending on the position 
of the camshaft gear wheel in relationship to the sensor.

The ECM uses this signal for cylinder recognition to control sequential fuel injection, engine knock and diagnostic 
purposes.

Input/Output
Electrical input to the camshaft position sensor is from fuse 2 located in engine compartment fuse box. One output is 
sensor earth, the other is the signal output to the ECM via pin 20 of  connector C0636.

The CMP sensor can fail the following ways or supply incorrect signal:

l

Sensor open circuit.

l

Short circuit to vehicle battery supply.

l

Short circuit to vehicle earth.

l

Incorrect fitting of the sensor.

l

Excessive camshaft gear wheel tolerance.

l

Excessive camshaft endfloat.

l

Camshaft and crankshaft misalignment.

l

Speed signal correlation with CKP sensor signal.

l

Cam wheel magnetised / residual magnetism

In the event of a CMP sensor signal failure any of the following symptoms may be observed:

l

Ignition timing reverts to default values from ECM memory.

l

Loss of cylinder correction.

l

Loss of active knock control.

l

Loss of active knock control diagnostics.

l

Loss of cylinder identification for misfire diagnostics.

l

Loss of quick synchronisation of crankshaft and camshaft for cranking/ start up.

l

Fuel injection could be 360

°

 out of phase.

l

Front HO

2

S sensor ageing period diagnostic disabled (NAS only)

Should a malfunction of the component occur the following fault code  may be evident and can be retrieved by 
TestBook:

The fault condition has to be detected for more than 100 cam pulses (25 revolutions) when the engine speed is greater 
than 500 rev/min.

P code

J2012 description

Land Rover description

P0340 

Camshaft position sensor circuit malfunction

Open/short circuit to vehicle supply or earth