Scania EMS DTC 17 Cam phaser for intake valve, position fault

EMS Engine Management System · Scania

Code 17 (decimal). Some diagnostic tools show it in hexadecimal as 000011.

In short

Intake valve cam phaser cannot hold the reference position.

Applies to: EMS10

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