YOUR RESEARCHPlease identify connector in engine compartment
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Hi, i found this connector hanging loose in the engine compartment. I would say it could be something evap related, but i'm not shure. Car is a 2001 996 with ROW specs, so no US car. Edit: solved. Sports exhaust.
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It connects to the light grey part to the left of it. That part switches vacuum (to close the valves in a sports exhaust).
Thanks @hardtailer Did it and have now no more strange dme errors. Only problem: the valves are now closed and won't open again. Seems the valves are not OK and that's why somebody pulled the connector and opened the valves manually. So i've learned something today.
You can sort of reach up there next to the exhaust and move them by hand if they didn't tie them open.. They tend to have a rattle when old. The engine vacuum shuts them at startup with the PSE switch off, if the solenoid is unplugged your vacuum solenoid valve may be bad?? Its the thing you connected the wire to,, easy to test.. Pull the hose off the side of the solenoid towards the PSE valves, have a partner start the engine and turn the switch on and off you should feel vacuum (switch off), then not(switch on) Lots of folks tie the valves open with wire..
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