97 Sunfire OBD codes are P0341 and P0342 Please help

REPAIR_NEWB

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PONTIAC SUNFIRE
4 CYL
FWD
MANUAL
287,000 MILES

What should I check and how do I go about trying to fix the problem? When I start my car it will turn off unless I rev the engine for a couple seconds. And I have noticed that the car is idling at about 2000 rpms. Could someone please help me I have no clue where to even start.
Thanks in advance
Repair newbie

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RASMATAZ

MECHANIC
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The codes relates to the Camshaft sensor

Could be a rust build up between the cylinder block and the cam sensor increasing air gap between cam sensor and camshaft. Also inspect the wiring connector-if the code continues -replace the camshaft sensor.

The camshaft sensor detects misfiring cylinders and send it to the computer as intermittent signal and it will show on the scantool as camshaft activity counter increment.