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Originally Posted by stevehifi
so if I put the new part in and install everything back again, do I need to do anything
to the car after or should it just work as is? Will the code clear and everything will be back
to normal? Or is there some special diagnostic that needs to be run with a special BMW tool
to reinitialize the system properly and adjust the new actuator.
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I actually cleared the code, but people have had success just starting it up. The codes went away for them.
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Originally Posted by stevehifi
By the way I took a picture of the inside of the actuator, initially there was some resistance in turning the gears (probably what threw the code) but after some back and forth the gears started to turn. You can see the powdery deposit (probably a gear wearing down). I wonder if I can just clean the gears up (maybe lubricate them) and reinstall it or should I even bother?
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I had the same residue too. But who know if that would fix it. No one knows how sensitive it actually is.
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