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My Name: midbedspompey

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The car I have is a 2004 1.4 16v hdi the car made a horrible noise then limped onto my drive on Saturday run diagnostic it came up with two faults p1351 and p0344 camshaft sensor fault have fitted a new one but still not working any ideas please
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Hi midbedspompey,

My first thought was: Broken Cambelt


Any clue as to where the noise came from, and a bit more of a description please.

If it was a high pitch squeal from the engine, check the cambelt idler.


The more I think about it, the more I would be looking at the cambelt.
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My Name: midbedspompey

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It sounded like the fan belt had come off cambelt intact
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After a number of hours I have found the cambelt tensioner has failed on my Citroen c3 1.4 16v hdi Im hoping it has not bent any valves is this likely

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No Bent valves and car car running again few for that :D
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And the P1351?
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