Oh man... I thought about that too, I pulled the majority of the harness out of my way to get in to the valve covers (and everything else) and I wondered if I had inadvertently kinked something, I wasn't rough with it, but it got moved.



I actually initially wondered if the harness was the issue when I had the persistent exhaust vanos 2 code because I had swapped the other solenoids in its place and the issue stayed in place, it did not follow the solenoid. I was also able to clear all of the other codes and that particular one always remained, with the exception of when it went away and I was left with just the two cam positon sensor codes.... dunno what happened there...



I bought another vanos pigtail just so that I would have it, but before I officially did the cut and solder I tested the connection and I got a solid 12v+ on the batt side and 3.4v+ (i think it was) on the DME side so that plug wasn't actually compromised it was just nicked... which also screwed my theory of that particular vanos plug being the issue.


And yet somehow, I am now left back where I started, with that blasted exhaust vanos 2. - And BOTH of my cam position sensor codes went away, and are still gone.


I am aaallllmmmooooosst to the point where I may have to look inside and retrace my steps on the timine, etc, though I am honestly not sure what I missed.