Hi, On the car when I start it the vaccum suck on the actuator to close the wastegate. Today I was reving up and down while parked and the actuator was jiggling, opening and closing the wastegate on and off. I beleive this is what happen on full throttle as the car is like been restrained. The question is if I fit a manual actuator, will it close the wastegate untill the proper pressure is up that will then push it up to open the gate or will the wastegate be open all the time and, like the setting I have, it need something to suck into the acuator to close the gate? Cheers. Olivier

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E300TD year 2000. RUSTY SOLD
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Third lasted a month then went away...
Fourth now... Corroded too...

Bump.
Anyone had an idea?
Are the manual actuator pushed in and once the pressure is reach it would push them out to open the wastegate?
And what pressure would be resonnable on the E300TD in bars?
Cheers.
Olivier

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E300TD year 2000. RUSTY SOLD
cost a fortune to maintain on the road
but run well on WVO
Second Merc died due to corrosion ( NOT rust) How can mercedes get away with that for so long?
Third lasted a month then went away...
Fourth now... Corroded too...

Oliver,
I dont know if this is of use, on an Izuzu I have, it uses the charge pressure to actuate the wastegate. The actuator is spring loaded so it remains shut until the charge pressure goes over the preset max, it then has enough pressure in the wastegate actuator to overcome the spring force and open the wastegate.

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Cheers Layback,
When the pressure overcome the spring, is the arm going out, like away from the actuator?
On the E300 the spring loaded actuator is on open all the time, arm strecht away from it, then when I start, a pump suck it in to close the waste gate and then when the ECU think there is enough pressure it open it.
I think this is the opposite with a manual actuator that work only on pressure(?),that its close ( arm fully retracted inside the actuator) when no boost, but as soon as there is enough boost the arm is puched away from the actuator.
Is that correct?
Cheers.
Olivier
Got it. Reading different post and find there are two acuator style , a pressure and vaccum. the E300TD as a vaccum, I just need to get a pressure one, but need to get the right BAR or PSI for it.
Cheers.

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E300TD year 2000. RUSTY SOLD
cost a fortune to maintain on the road
but run well on WVO
Second Merc died due to corrosion ( NOT rust) How can mercedes get away with that for so long?
Third lasted a month then went away...
Fourth now... Corroded too...