Bonjour

I believe VANOS is a name made up by BMW for their variable-valve-timing engines, and so you will only find it on a BMW.

Your car might have its own Mercedes version of VANOS, however..

maybe someone else knows

Russ

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190E's:
2.5-16v 1990 90,000m Astral Silver
2.0E 8v 1986 107,000m Black 2nd owner
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