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Old 24th June 2004, 03:43   #1 (permalink)
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VANOS test

How do tell if your VANOS is working or not, my makes the dieseling noise at idle. I was just wondering if there is any way to tell if it working or not?
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Old 24th June 2004, 04:41   #2 (permalink)
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Re: VANOS test

What year is the car? Also, How many miles?
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2000, with 76,000 miles. I can say that power delivery is jerky, and car does like to bunny hop alot on starts.
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There is a diagnistic test you do with Diagnostic computer...
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i wish my dealer was that nice, they are not being very helpul period (carbon build up in the problem). Maybe any other way?
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Re: VANOS test

do a search on vanos here on the board. Its a common fault with the S62, so you should see plenty of comments around symptoms.

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