P0340, P0341, P0032 trouble codes

Tiny
ICEYALT
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  • 2005 SUBARU OUTBACK
  • 2.4L
  • 4 CYL
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 189,000 MILES
Before starting let me add some context of recent repairs: Thre weeks ago had the timing belt, a tensioner and hydraulic adjuster combo, a lower idling bearing, two upper idling pulleys, two cam seals, a crank front seal, a water pump, ect sensor, and thermo all installed on my car. Before getting the timing belt kit replaced I had what sounded to be a occasional engine knock but it stopped after my car got out of the garage. I’ve had the p0032 code since I’ve gotten the vehicle and the past owner told me he’s had a couple installed and they’ve all gone bad fairly quickly. For the past couple weeks my car has had a high-idle RPM (around 1,100-1,400 RPM) and has been fairly noisy. The other day it had very little acceleration and just wouldn’t want to move. When I would have to stop, the car started to stall and after the third or fourth stall the engine wouldn’t start. I checked the codes and saw that I had a p0340 and a p0341 code. I replaced the cam sensor but after I installed it the car did the same thing, a slow crank but no start with an odd sound (the video included). I was told it can’t be a spun bearing cause the car would still start and if it was a thrown rod I would have definitely been able to hear it along with it would have sent oil everywhere. I got it towed home and pulled the dipstick and saw metal in the oil but i’m not sure if that was from the engine knock I thought I was hearing before the timing belt kit cause I haven’t had an oil change since. My next steps are to check for spark and search for vacuum leaks but I need another opinion on the situation.
Saturday, April 27th, 2019 AT 8:11 PM

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Tiny
SCGRANTURISMO
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Hello,

This sounds to me like it could possibly be a connecting rod knocking. If you have metal shavings in your oil that usually means that your engine has had a bearing failure event. This is usually caused from a lack of oil lubrication. Bearing are soft metal inserts that ride where metal parts rotate around other metal parts that ride on a thin film of oil to lubricate them and keep them from going metal to metal which produces shavings when it happens. The bearings, which are built to the thousands of an inch tolerances, are now out of round and it is the slop of the now shaved down bearing instead of the thousands of an inch tolerance precision that you are hearing as "knock". I have included a link below for you to go to.

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/engine-noises

Please go through this guide and get back to us with what you are able to find out.

Thanks,
Alex
2CarPros
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Sunday, April 28th, 2019 AT 6:06 AM

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