Check engine is flashing, cylinder 3 and 1?

2013 VOLKSWAGEN TIGUAN
114,000 MILES • 4 CYL • TURBO • 2WD • AUTOMATIC
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BHAMDOC1973
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Starts and idles fine. These were the initial codes. I deleted them. You start the car idle is still fine, but the check engine is flashing, cylinder 3 and 1. They look like they have been changed. Do you think the runner flap can affect any of this? Engine revs fine.
Mar 23, 2023 at 9:10 AM
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Yes, the intake runner control can cause misfire codes, I would check the valve and its operation, here is the location so you can check it out. Also, I would replace the spark plugs and service the throttle body. Check out the images (below). Please let us know what happens.
Mar 23, 2023 at 9:46 AM
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I thought number 5 is the runner or are you talking about the electrical part that controls it? How do I check it? remove it and see if it moves when I cycle the engine?
Mar 23, 2023 at 9:59 AM
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Yes, that is a good way to see if it works. Let me know what happens.
Mar 24, 2023 at 10:20 AM
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Runners work fine. Do you think this carbon build up is the reason? Not seeing the electrical part that controls the flaps, unless it is the one that has a vacuum line to it, but no way to test it.
Mar 25, 2023 at 8:56 AM
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Also, i have seen a video that shows that when 3 valves are closed one cylinder valve is open, is that true?
Mar 25, 2023 at 9:18 AM
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Thanks for the videos. Yes, that is okay that one cylinder has its valve open. It looks like the flapper intake valve is working but about the actuator, does that seem to move at all? It looks like a normal build up, but I would clean the flapper valve and intake runners.
Mar 26, 2023 at 12:36 PM
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What is the flapper valve? Am only moving the rounded black piece which has an arm.
Mar 26, 2023 at 12:45 PM
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Yes the part inside the intake looks like it is working I was asking about the actuator part.
Mar 27, 2023 at 12:14 PM
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What actuator part, how do i check it?
Mar 27, 2023 at 12:19 PM
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It would be the part that attaches to the flapper arm. See if it moves when you turn the key on?
Mar 29, 2023 at 12:01 PM
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I bought a new intake which comes with the new arm valve as it has lots of carbon inside it, and this new one has the updated version which does not break easily.
Mar 29, 2023 at 12:31 PM
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Good to know, please get back to us on what happens.
Mar 30, 2023 at 1:13 PM