I accidentally broke an electrical component on the front of the engine. Does anyone recognize what this is?

 

Never mind, I figured it out.

It's a variable valve timing solenoid.

 

Yes, I just broke it too. Did you break the plug that goes into it also? I did. I had to get a replacement plug from the junkyard. Each time I gently removed the plug from a car at the junkyard, it would break and I had to remove 4 of them to finally get one that didn't break that much. Soldered the wires on and got a new timing oil control valve put in. Be gentle when putting the plug into it. Make sure there is a little rubber gasket that fits in the connector plug. If it's not positioned correctly, it will break the connector to the oil control valve, which is what happened to me.