Just a thought. It's worthwhile finding out the nominal resistance on the camshaft actuator solenoids. If the resistance is higher than nominal, the actuator is on the way out and will eventually go open circuit and fail permanently. For the ecotec 2.4 nominal resistance is around 12 ohm (measured on a new one). Heat and electrical coils really don't mix that well.
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Thanks Driven Daily, for your welcome. I'm in Australia and the Malibu is not a model here. The Captiva is a Holden (GM's Australian presence) branded SUV car from Daewoo with an ecotec 2.4 engine the same as used in the US. The car belongs to my daughter. When I first started chasing up the check engine light I found P0010 fault I read through a number of forums regarding this engine and I noticed people recommended just changing the solenoid/oil control valve. Others recommended cleaning the valve. Neither made sense in my mind without knowing the "why". I note the engine is now intermittently developing P0014 fault which is for the exhaust cam actuator so I'm about to order one from the States. They only cost $US40- $60 over there, here they are $AUD250- $300. Hopefully it gets here before complete failure. The resistance today was 17 ohms.
Australian Captiva looks like this.
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Australian Captiva looks like this.
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