It looks like it is Fitting as it should.
It is solid, and like the one on the other side…
Is it possible to measure anything in the connector? So i know if any wire are broken?
And do we know for sure, which way the two connector should be? The two I switched earlier😊
Now og before?
Here are a few things to try. With the intake off. Take off the motor from it’s mount on the intake itself. From there make sure you can freely move the flaps with little to no interference.
If you have your port separators (in the head, they are the flat pieces of metal) remove them. There can be issues with carbon and intake interference as it builds. It’s not a common issue but it’s an issue.
After you’ve done all of that. WITH THE INTAKE STILL OFF THE CAR… Plug in the intake and then key the car up and watch to see if the flaps are moving (you might need someone in the car to help) If you have a vag com now would be a good time to run an output test.
This is also a good time to clear the codes. Plug in the intake flaps and motors and check to see if the codes are gone. It IS possible to plug those plugs into the wrong spot. I know many people who have done that. So, do keep that in mind. But you can test and make sure you’ve got the right plug in the right place if you just keep checking for codes as you plug them in.
That should get you close or all the way good.
Thanks @CountVohn😊
I will definitly try to take that damn manifold off again, and try to move the flaps by hand.
Actually i didn’t clean tha flaps right, i just sprayed a lot of egr cleaner on it. (Maybe a lot of the carbon just dissolved moved a little, and lock the flaps?) is that possible?
When you say “key the car up”.
(Just turn it once or just ‘put it in’?)
What about all the hoses for air and gazoline?
Will the car not begin to “do a lot of things”?
Are the only the 4 plugs in the front of the manifold you mean? Will the car not give a lot of other fault-codes then?
Hello again.
@Kimovitzh @dzow @kimenemark @justincredible @CountVohn @mixofia
I have done some things, since last time.
(Not taking off the manifold yet, that will be a Christmas holiday project)
But I have looked at some thing else.
I would try to see/feel how the arms of the motors for the flaps was moving.
As i only got faults for bank 1 (the passanger side) that side should be the problem right?
So first I took a feel on the arm for the driver side. It was easy to move from side to side, and it was smoth.!
The passenger side was not that smoth, and here I discovered a differens!
(I actually don’t know, but I think that the arms should be able to move the same way/distance. And the don’t!)
The good one, (driver side) can be moved from 10 o’clock to 2.
But the passenger side only from 12 to 2. (And it is also a bit more tight!)
So, what does that mean? I think it makes pretty good sence, that this sensor/motor gives a fault!
But what can I do? Should i take off the sensor/motor, and try to move the flat metal pin, and see if it is easyer with out the motor, like @CountVohn said? Or would it just mean that the motor is broken?
I also look very clearly on this two plugs, I have switched earlier.
Can some of you tell what plug should be the right place?
The ONLY differens on the text, is one says “5/1” the other one says “5/3”
And according to this photo, it doen’t make sense, because it is 1 and 2 that are switched.
(It would had been really great if the text says “5/1” and “5/2”… But it doesn’t!)
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So…
What does it mean the the motor can’t move all the way? Can i fix it? (Can I clean it without taking off the manifold? New motor?)
And what plug should be the right place?
(There is clearly one plug, that is easier to put on the sensor, than the orher, beacause of the wire position/lenght… But it is possible for both to connect each other)
Hope you got some input😊
You can identify the connectors by the colors of the wires that go into them.
Using your numbering convention from above:
(1) IM runner position sensor - bank 1
1 - violet
2 - red/green
3- grey/brown
(2) variable IM runner motor
1 - red/green
2 - yellow/grey
3 - brown
Hello everyone, and Merry Christmas 
Thank you for all your help!. It is an amazing forum, and probably not the last time I will ask for help… (See below…)
I was taking off the manifold christmas day, to figure out the problem. I know that the problem was in Bank 1, and probably about the sensor/motor. I know that the arm wasn’t able to move all the way, as Bank 2.
One of the best moments are, when you can see the issue right away. And I could.!
It is very embarrassing to tell you, but here it comes.
When I took off the manifold, there was a sock… Yes, a sock from my first “oil-housing-project”… OMG…
One thing is that the sock was blocking for air in one of the cylinders. But actually all 5 flaps are on the same line, so everyone was affected. And because both Banks are connected to the same motor, with the two arms, actually also Bank 2 was affected…
So ofcouse the motor wasn’t driving well.
But now I had a few days, so I was making a good carbon clean, now I had the manifold off. (Again, and hopefully for the last time…)
Everything was put back together, and it really runs good now.! (Maybe actually a bit better because of the carbon clean?)
Thank you everyone for your help
But with these old cars, there are always new problems.
Sometimes my coolant leak. Sometime when I have driven a longer trip, it leaks when I park the car. It looks like it is under the tank, so maybe it is just the tank or a hose? (It is not under the radiator)
(But some days, it is not leaking at all??)
Aaaand another problem, but just a small one. I just change to winter tires, and I don’t have TPMS on those, so I got the error in the dashboard. I can easily remove the code with Carista, but it comes back next time I start the car.
(I have seen that it is possible to remove the code with a VCDS, but I don’t have that.)
Can I remove the funktionality in the “green menu”? I have also seen that I can remove a fuse?
Does anyone knows that?
Ok wow… I’ll add the “Sock” to the list of things that can happen when you take off your intake manifold and get the error codes you got. I do commend you on your update. These checking back in posts are helpful to everyone.
Coolant leaks. Check your tank. some of the tanks have cracks that can weep out coolant. There is also the coolant Y that tends to leak often.
As for the TPMS. You can turn that off in Vag-com. I don’t off hand remember how to do that.
