AAV question
Greg, you seem to be the expert on these things, how do the Bosch one's work? They have a power lead and the other goes to teh ecu, are they timed to come on after a little while, or do they shut off after the engine warms up? I know they have the bimetal strip to close the hole after the engine warms up, but not sure why the ecu would control it?
Sam, have a look at Greg's website. It has everything written in detail about how the AVV works and how it can be diagnosed and tuned. I think the cable is there in order to help the valve warm up and not to control it. I don't think it goes to the ECU.
hmm... you are talking about the gtv6/75 AAVs right?? But you might as well relate to the newer AAVs since you have a motronic 3L installed.
hmm... you are talking about the gtv6/75 AAVs right?? But you might as well relate to the newer AAVs since you have a motronic 3L installed.
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Sam, the ECU and AAV do not talk to each other. The ECU has no idea what position the AAV is in.
The wiring to the AAV simply provides current to heat it up. This helps it close at a rate that's compatible with the enigne's needs.
If you disconnect the wire the AAV will still work but it will close too slowly causing a high idle speed for a larger portion of the warm up period.
It's no secret that I don't like the Bosch AAV. It's too imprecise and it doesn't provide a great enough range of additional air flow for all the temps we get here in Texas 20F-120F. In other words it doesn't open enough on the coldest winter days, and it doesn't shut fully which robs a slight amount of horsepower.
To top all this off, it's very sensitive to oil and debris fouling it up. When this happens it quit's working well. Plus it's really expensive. Oh and I just learned that some of them are not air tight! A friend of mine just went through 3 of them trying to find one that was truely air tight (this was discovered as a supercharger boost leak).
I say dump the AAV and replace it with a manual valve. I have on all three of our V6s and I can say it's a great improvement. Not only in reliability but because it makes other problems easier to diagnose.
The wiring to the AAV simply provides current to heat it up. This helps it close at a rate that's compatible with the enigne's needs.
If you disconnect the wire the AAV will still work but it will close too slowly causing a high idle speed for a larger portion of the warm up period.
It's no secret that I don't like the Bosch AAV. It's too imprecise and it doesn't provide a great enough range of additional air flow for all the temps we get here in Texas 20F-120F. In other words it doesn't open enough on the coldest winter days, and it doesn't shut fully which robs a slight amount of horsepower.
To top all this off, it's very sensitive to oil and debris fouling it up. When this happens it quit's working well. Plus it's really expensive. Oh and I just learned that some of them are not air tight! A friend of mine just went through 3 of them trying to find one that was truely air tight (this was discovered as a supercharger boost leak).
I say dump the AAV and replace it with a manual valve. I have on all three of our V6s and I can say it's a great improvement. Not only in reliability but because it makes other problems easier to diagnose.
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Relay
The AFM flapper triggers part of the combo relay.
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Reale Motorsports
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Alfa Romeo GTV6
Reale Motorsports
#82 E Production
Alfa Romeo GTV6
Sam,
Check this 528i L-Jet schematic out: http://www.firstfives.org/faq/ljet/528i ... ematic.PDF
It's a bit clearer than the Alfa diagram you have. It shows the ECU providing a GND to the AAV.
Also, for the combo relay, it looks like the fuel pump is triggered by the ignition switch in the 'start' position (current to '86a'), then after that it is maintained by the AFM switch (flapper switch) once the key is returned to the 'run' position.
You can see 'Relay B' is turned on by the ig switch in 'run' position. This provides voltage to pin 39 on the AFM switch; the AFM switch is now providing voltage to the fuel pump relay coil. Pin 20 on the ECU is prob just feedback so that the ECU knows what's going on.
I just used up all of my coffee reserves...need to go and refill now.
Check this 528i L-Jet schematic out: http://www.firstfives.org/faq/ljet/528i ... ematic.PDF
It's a bit clearer than the Alfa diagram you have. It shows the ECU providing a GND to the AAV.
Also, for the combo relay, it looks like the fuel pump is triggered by the ignition switch in the 'start' position (current to '86a'), then after that it is maintained by the AFM switch (flapper switch) once the key is returned to the 'run' position.
You can see 'Relay B' is turned on by the ig switch in 'run' position. This provides voltage to pin 39 on the AFM switch; the AFM switch is now providing voltage to the fuel pump relay coil. Pin 20 on the ECU is prob just feedback so that the ECU knows what's going on.
I just used up all of my coffee reserves...need to go and refill now.