Diesel Data: Automotive Repair

Actuator Check








AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM (for Automatic Air Conditioning System): ACTUATOR CHECK

ACTUATOR CHECK

1. ACTUATOR CHECK*
(a) Start the engine and warm it up.
(b) Perform the indicator check (Reading and Clearing Diagnostic Trouble Codes).





(c) Push the "R/F" and "AUTO" switch simultaneously to perform the actuator check.

HINT: Be sure to perform the actuator check after starting the engine.





(d) As the actuator check is repeated from steps 1 to 10 at 1 second intervals, check the temperature and air flow visually and by hand.

- The display blinks at 1 second intervals in the step operation.
- The code are displayed from the smaller to the larger numbers in order.
- Push the "OFF" switch to finish panel diagnosis.









(e) If the steps are difficult to read because they change automatically, push the "MODE" switch to display the steps one at a time so that they can be read easily. The items are displayed step by step each time the "MODE" switch is pushed.

- Push the "OFF" switch to finish panel diagnosis.
- Push the "R/F" switch to enter the sensor check mode.