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Originally Posted by The Radium King
they are non-serviceable, so you cant open them to look inside (the actuators in the image - from my car - were ‘destructively disassembled’). ps, ask your tech how a failed oil filter o-ring gives you a -10 deviation. it’s a trick they play - tell you it’s a cheap fix to get you to start they work (ie, pads) and, once the engine is opened, hit you with an additional $2k for the actuators. fyi, the other ‘while you are in there’ jobs are variocam chains and the three tensioners (make sure you get the updated items). i think the actuators come with the updated pads. mine were done with engine in car.
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you were correct. The one in your picture looks like 4-6 and mine is missing the thick green o ring completely. There was a little chunk in side the other piston....but none where it should be. The pads on 4-6 were in really bad shape but the 1-3 only one pad was bad.
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