Checking variable intake manifold flap changeover valve N239 — AUDI
Checking variable intake manifold flap changeover valve N239 on Audi: 12 steps, engines AFB, AKE, AKF, AKN.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi A8 D2 (4D)
- Special tools named: V.A.G 1598/30
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- On switching off the engine, the intake manifold flap must close for 1 to 2 seconds.
📋 Procedure
- Start engine.
- Observe linkage of intake manifold flap whilst a second mechanic switches off the engine.
- On switching off the engine, the intake manifold flap must close for 1 to 2 seconds.
- Unplug connector at changeover valve.
- Connect portable multimeter (resistance measuring range) to changeover valve.
- Replace variable intake manifold flap changeover valve N239.
- Connect portable multimeter (voltage measuring range) to contact 2 of connector and earth.
- Switch on ignition.
- Check for continuity in wiring from contact 2 via fuse to terminal 30 voltage supply relay J317 and repair if necessary.
- Connect test box V.A.G 1598/30 to wiring harness to terminal 30 voltage supply relay J317.
- Eliminate open circuit in wiring/short circuit if necessary.
- Replace variable intake manifold flap changeover valve N239.
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TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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