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2004 Colorado I5: On my way home last night, cruising along at 65 mph, suddenly noticed lack of power and knocking/clatter from engine like an engine low on oil. No check engine light present. Kept going for 5 more miles and noticed oil temp slightly higher than normal... As I turned off the highway, engine died. Coasted to side of the road and then it posted a Check Engine Oil warning. Tried to start it and it won't turn over. Almost like a dead battery. Checked the oil and nothing registered on the dipstick. Walked to nearby gas station while waiting for the tow truck and bought two quarts of oil. Poured them in, no change except oil warning is gone. Then I noticed oil has been leaking from what looks like the main crankshaft pully.
I got it home and pulled all 5 spark plugs and got it to turn over... Very slowly... It sounds like a robotic whirring noise, almost like a turbine engine starting up and cranks really slowly, yet the pistons are moving. I hooked up a diagnostic reader and it pulled a "P0014 exhaust camshaft position timing - over-advanced (bank 1).
I'm hoping that it's something like the low oil caused the timing chain tensioner to collapse and maybe it skipped a tooth on the exhaust cam gear, but is this realistic and what Am I looking at here as far as fixing it?
I got it home and pulled all 5 spark plugs and got it to turn over... Very slowly... It sounds like a robotic whirring noise, almost like a turbine engine starting up and cranks really slowly, yet the pistons are moving. I hooked up a diagnostic reader and it pulled a "P0014 exhaust camshaft position timing - over-advanced (bank 1).
I'm hoping that it's something like the low oil caused the timing chain tensioner to collapse and maybe it skipped a tooth on the exhaust cam gear, but is this realistic and what Am I looking at here as far as fixing it?