pytchley
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- A170CDI 2000 Diesel
I'm baffled... I'm fixing up a 2000 170 CDi which hasn't run for some years. It's coming back to life quite nicely except it won't rev over 3000 RPM and is very sluggish. Changed the fuel filter to no avail so thought it might be the MAF. I have the workshop manual which indicates it's location but there is nothing there (or anywhere else I can see). There is it's mounting flange just below and behind the oil cap but it is blank, no hole, no sign of any cable either. Is this normal? The manual and everything I can find on the net says it should have one. All the vendors list the part. I'll include a picture. May be it's normal, if so any other ideas? There are no error codes on the OBD which says the ERG is OK. The can of fuel I put in is a couple of years old so I'm off to get some fresh tomorrow but it starts and runs (slowly) very well. If I hold the throttle fully open there is a tiny misfire as it turns over just over 3000RPM. Any ideas anyone?