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Originally Posted by MBeige
The electromagnet is the coil where the monovalve, AKA lifting magnet, slots into. Monovalve "rebuild kit" itself IS the magnet.
I got new one from MB, $108 through my parts guy. Same rubber labeling as my old Bosch unit, which also ruptured years later. MB has 1 year warranty on item.
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Mercedes calls it a magnet but that is technically incorrect, as I pointed out earlier. Just think, if it really is a magnet, it would stick to anything that is iron and stay in one position and not able to be moved into the open/ closed positions.
Wikis on electromagnets and solenoids:
Electromagnet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Solenoid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An electromagnet is basically a coil of wire wound around an iron core (what you are incorrectly calling a magnet, the part that has to move, to do the actuation).
This monovalve assembly is an electromagnet, or solenoid:
Monovalve iron core actuator (what Mercedes calls a magnet? which it is not):
