P0014 fault code

[Pk46Edge]

Hi I'm in a spot of bother and after some information if any one can help me please
I have a Ford edge 2017 diesel titanium T9CE engine with a P0014 fault code which is a timming issue
The head gasket went on me and has been dine
Timing chain replaced
Cam shaft and sensors replaced
After all this work being done it's still displaying the p0014 code
Has anyone else ever come across this before ??

[uktrailmonster]

Google this: ford t9ce engine fault code p0014

[Pk46Edge]

Thanks I'
ve tried googling and so has my mechanic but he says my engine hasn't got a VVT and he's done everything else to it that comes up on the list
Head scratching!!

[uktrailmonster]

Pk46Edge said:

Thanks I'
ve tried googling and so has my mechanic but he says my engine hasn't got a VVT and he's done everything else to it that comes up on the list
Head scratching!!

Ah ok. Just thought I’d mention the obvious in case you hadn’t checked. I don’t have any experience with this engine so can’t help any further. Hopefully someone can help.

[paul_c123]

He hasn't, otherwise he would have found and fixed it.

Personally I'd start the diagnostic process by looking at the code setting criteria and working my way through that list. If it relates to cam sensor and its accessible (often they are), it would be quite simple to scope the output, just as a sanity check. Certainly easier than disassembling various covers etc to check cam timing.

[Pk46Edge]

Ok yeah think he's tried all that and started to replace things too

[paul_c123]

Pk46Edge said:

Ok yeah think he's tried all that and started to replace things too

He hasn't, otherwise it would be fixed.

[Pk46Edge]

Ok thanks I can only take his word on what he's said he's done but I will ask him again

[E-bmw]

paul_c123 said:

Pk46Edge said:

Ok yeah think he's tried all that and started to replace things too

He hasn't, otherwise it would be fixed.

^^^^ Wot 'e said.

He hasn't diagnosed anything, he has looked at the fault code & changed everything from a list rather than actually diagnosing the problem.

[Steve H]

Diagnosis isn’t always a single step process, sometimes fitting a part is the right thing to do even if you know it is not guaranteed to fix the fault. I’m not suggesting that firing the parts cannon at a car is the thing to routinely try but some of the comments above seem to imply that a diagnostic process never hits dead ends or requires rethinks which is not particularly helpful.


P0014 is an awkward code because it doesn’t relate to a circuit fault, rather it is the ecu’s description of seeing a signal from the sensor but not liking what it is seeing.

There’s no harm in scoping the cam sensor signal but if there wasn’t a signal there you would expect P0340 as the fault code (you can also prove this by disconnecting the sensor and see if P0340 comes up).

You can also scope the cam v crank sensor patterns to look at the alignment but this requires a known good pattern from an identical engine to be much use.

In this case I would want to be absolutely certain that this code was in the car before the head gasket/cam sensor/camshaft were changed because the most likely scenario is that this fault came along during one of these jobs.