Vehicle Info:
2005 Ford F350 Regular Cab
5.4L

Code:
P0022 = Bank 2 Over Retard
P0345 = Bank 2 Camshaft Circuit Malf.

Symptoms:

A few weeks back I noticed that the truck was rattling at the engine during hard decel, but the rattling was very light and faint, which only lasted about a second or so.

I checked the motor out and it was low on oil, did and oil change and the noise went away.

Then the problem grew. The rattling became more obvious and only occurs at idle and decel. The rattling was coming from bank 2. It was so severe that the motor just wants to choke out. I was able to get the car home. The next morning, drove it to a shop and it completely choked and shut off. It was sputtering and choking with backfire, the truck couldn't even move.

I had it towed to a shop, they apparently pulled the code and told me the motor was gone and it was miss firing. I towed it back home, pulled the code myself and found a number of CEL popping up, but it narrowed it down to one problematic culprit, which was the P0022. All the others were results of the balance test on the motor.

I spent hours on the site and really couldn't find much on the P0022 under the Super Duty section, but there were a handful of guys on the F150 who were experiencing the problems with this code and I narrowed it down to a Bank 2 VCT solenoid. At this point I have already checked the COP, spark and fuel, all of which checked out. I replaced the VCT solenoid last night and the truck fired up, ran through the RPM okay. Prior to the replacement, the truck would start up, and rattle/shake and choke.

Today I took it out for a ride, I still get a rattling during idle but it doesn't choke and shut off like it did prior. I pull the code once more and now, not only, does the P0022 show up but the P0345 (Cam sensor bank 2).

I also forget to mention that as soon as the VCT was placed, the erased the code and let the truck idle for 40 minutes placing it through different RPM, no rattle and no code. The code and rattling did not come back until I took it out for a road test.

Could the CPS be the culprit? anything else I should be looking at?

-John

 

any?

I just replaced the cam position sensor and still getting the P0022 code.

 

I'm having similar issue, did you get anything figured out? My truck is only throwing the p0022 code and it is somewhat intermittent, works fine for a week, then next week the truck is un-driveable. Sounds like I'm in the same spot you were at your last post. I believe the truck has a cam phaser issue and bank 2 needs to be replaced. Just reluctant to spend the time/$ because the issue is intermittent. Let me know your findings if you don't mind. Thank you in advance.

 

i have same codes simaler problems at idle and low rpm