Codes ????

[knixon]

I just got my car back from the tranny shop. I had originally thought that the transmission was going but the mechanic said it was ok.
He did however find two codes when he scanned the computer. The codes are P1380 and P1381. I dont know what they mean can anyone help me out. I would like to know the symptoms of these two codes and procedures for fixing them.

Thanks in advance.

 

[knixon]

By the way it is a 98 contour, auto transmission and 2.0 engine. Model is GL

Thanks again

 

[Tony2005]

[FONT=arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif]P1380 [/FONT][FONT=arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif]VCT Solenoid Valve circuit Short or Open.[/FONT]

[FONT=arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif]P1381 [/FONT][FONT=arial,verdana,helvetica,sans-serif]Cam Timing Advance is excessive. [/FONT]


Edit. Read this thread.
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/s...er=1192591&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=all&vc=1

and this
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/s...ld=1year&Main=1257240&Search=true#Post1257253

Additional info on VCT.
http://autorepair.about.com/library/a/1a/bl433a.htm

and a nice picture.
http://www.contour.org/ubbthreads/s...ber=670094&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=all&vc=1

 

[knixon]

Thanks for the info.
I think I will save some money before getting it fixed, as it seems to not cause any major problems. Is it weird that I passed an etest 2 weeks ago?

 

[Tony2005]

... Is it weird that I passed an etest 2 weeks ago?

If e-test was sniffer tailpipe, maybe catalytic converter was still in good condition. If e-test was code reading, maybe codes were pending or intermittent.