air pump?

[william rogers]

the air pump is frozen on my 500/420 SE will it damage engine to run with out it ,will I get bad readings to ECU .we have no emission test in our county..........
William Rogers.....

[G-Benz]

I believe the REAL reason for the air pump is that the emission laws in the "Motherland" require testing within 60 seconds of starting the engine. Since the engine is cold (so the cold catalytic converter isn't doing anything yet) and the engine management system has the fuel mixture running rich, the air pump compensates for that brief period until the engine has warmed up. Then it is no longer in operation.

Here in the states, vehicle engines are allowed to warm up prior to testing, so the air pump is a moot issue.

Mine's been disconnected for years, no problems and in south central Wisconsin, the "nanny stater's" don't require safety or emission testing.