Q: I changed my camshaft already and erase the code to turn off my check engine light, but the light still comes on after 30mins.

asked by on September 30, 2016

I changed my camshaft already and erase the code to turn off my check engine light, but the light still comes on after 30mins. Did i do something wrong when i changed my camshaft? Is it causing something else to trigger my engine to come back on? My car is still not turning on after a long drive i have to wait for a good 40mins to turn it back on.

My car has 299000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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