Thread: Variocam Issue?
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Old 12-12-2020, 11:09 AM   #26
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Originally Posted by blue62 View Post
Just for general information:

If your reading this, if you unplug the Variocam solenoid and you do not get a code perhaps the DME/ECU does not see it as immediately harmful to the Cat.
So look in the pending codes on your scanner.

Hope this info helps in some way.
It all makes sense, just one more thing to consider: changing valve timing not only affects performance but influences emission directly as well. So if it`s not working, that on its own should trigger CEL. When I did this test, CEL lit up when I hit the throttle.
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