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      06-18-2018, 07:31 AM   #12
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The electrical test of the solenoids already passed according to those screen shots. You can swap them out if you want but I don't think they're the problem. The speed at which the adjusters are reacting is normal, so I would think oil supply/pressure from the solenoids is good. You can check their screens or just swap them out. That's an easy task compared to the others.

Ventilguete = Valve quality. This is some internal go/no-go calculation of overall vanos operating quality based on all of the other results. I don't think anyone knows the math on it... Obviously since the cams aren't reaching target angles this test failed on each cam.

It looks like either the cams are not in time, or the adjusters on each cam are defective. If the adjusters were from an engine with failed bearings, the copper debris builds up on the internal rotors and walls which impedes full rotation and adjustments. I've seen that happen on engines "rebuilt" from failed bearings using the old adjusters. It takes time for the buildup to cause problems. I've also seen the internal check valves fail and block the rotors but that's not likely for all of the adjusters at once.
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