Cable Connection

[Big Al]

Hello all. Seems like it's time of the month for my Cit ('03 2.2HDi manual, 100k). Latest problem is admittedly a very minor one but I wonder if anyone has any info. There's a linkage on the right hand side of the engine fairly high up as you look at it. A cable coming upwards with a ball joint connector to a moving part (valve?). This ball joint keeps coming apart. I guess I need to replace the linkage, but was wondering what purpose it serves as I don't notice any diference to the car whether it's connected or not. Will I have to replace the cable? Looks tricky. Once again, I remember seeing something about this item somewhere on the forum, but am blowed if I can track it down.

[iannez]

i think your talking about the swirl chamber actuator. adjusts the way the fuel and air is drawn in to the engine.

[Randombloke]

You'll need to replace the whole assembly. Citroen don't sell the constituent parts.

 

The one on my car suffered a failure of the diaphragm, which the diagnostics flagged up.

 

I gave the duff one to a guy in Ireland who had a broken ball joint on his. He was able to connect the good diaphragm on his with the intact arm and ball joint on mine.

 

Somewhere between 60 and 90 notes to buy, IIRC.

[Big Al]

Thanks fellas. I assumed that the problem on mine was merely a dodgy ball joint connector. But are you saying that it's likely to be coming apart because the actuator itself is knackered? Strange thing is I'm not getting any noticeable adverse symptoms even when it's not connected.