Where the hell is the
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Where the hell is the
At the risk of getting Plutoe'd, can someone tell me where the intake flapper servo motor is on my '05 CDI? I've gotten the code P2015 from Torque Pro, a bit more detail on my Launch scanner reader, and I'm thinking the servo motor for the swirl valve is either knackered or the linkage is no longer linked. I can activate the motor using Launch, so I'm leaning towards linkage.. Car runs smooth but with the power of a Yugo in limp mode and that's not OK. AllldataDIY talks about the M55 (motor) but doesn't specify its location. The STAR service DVD I bought a couple of years ago from a member on this site doesn't like my 64 bit computer (first time I had to try to use it since owning it!).
Downloading all 32+ GB of the service manual I got from EBAY now.
So... Where's that confounded bridge - I mean motor?
And ... Anyone interested in a 32 bit STAR service dvd for the model W211?
Downloading all 32+ GB of the service manual I got from EBAY now.
So... Where's that confounded bridge - I mean motor?
And ... Anyone interested in a 32 bit STAR service dvd for the model W211?
Last edited by rapidoxidation; Aug 15, 2020 at 02:26 PM.
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Got the $9 service manual from Ebay loaded up on my laptop today. Took a while, but now it's there and I have found that the M55 is under the intake manifold. Looks like I need to climb underneath and drop the belly pan for easy access.
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Best way to get to know is to jump in. Got the location correct and found the relevant page on AllDataDIY and confirmed it with the mirror page on the WIS program I put on the 'puter. The car is up on jacks enough to roll under on the creeper (A lift is a distant dream that I will someday turn to reality). The flap linkage moves smoothly even with the M55 still connected, so I believe I'm safe in that the manifold is fine; will test that further once the motor is off the linkage. Gonna order up a fresh motor and hopefully will have time to install it this weekend. Thanks for pointing me to that WIS doc; it confirmed what I was pretty sure I already knew.
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Pull the belly pans, remove an engine mount strut that's in the way, remove the M55 motor. Done. Fresh one on order for $160 should be here by the middle of next week. The flaps and linkage move smooth and free, though a bit spongy at the end of their travel limits.
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The new servo motor arrived in today's mail. Spent the evening under the car installing it and the car pulls like a freight train again.
Pro tip: disconnect the ball and socket links from both ends of the link arm that goes from the servo to the intake manifold runner. Install the link arm on the servo, install the servo on the manifold, then install the link arm end on the manifold runner. To try to connect the link arm to the servo when the servo is installed is a fool's errand. DAMHIK.
Pro tip: disconnect the ball and socket links from both ends of the link arm that goes from the servo to the intake manifold runner. Install the link arm on the servo, install the servo on the manifold, then install the link arm end on the manifold runner. To try to connect the link arm to the servo when the servo is installed is a fool's errand. DAMHIK.
