Technical 2009 multipla multijet
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Technical 2009 multipla multijet
If it's only for a short time, I think it unlikely that you'd damage it if you connect with poles reversed. All it will do is try to throw the solenoid in the opposite direction - you'd feel it buzzing and probably see the core pin twitch.
If the solenoid has packed in, don't lose heart. I'm convinced that the EGR used on some Vauxhalls uses the same one. Don't forget that the Multipla JTD engine is used in several Vauxhalls and Alfas as well as other Fiat models. Have a look here:
https://www.fiatforum.com/multipla/326006-losing-power-smoking.html
Looking at my earlier photos in this thread, you can see that the solenoid and valve are held together by 4 screws on the same pitch circle, at 90 degree spacing. So it's easy enough to buy a Vauxhall one (I got a brand new one on ebay for £45, delivered), split it and reassemble in the orientation to suit the Multipla. Make sense? I bought it a while ago but haven't got around to trying out my theory.
When testing the solenoid using a battery charger or car battery, you'll need to be very careful to make sure you don't touch +ve & -ve wires together at any point. This will be especially tricky at the pins on the solenoid connection. I wouldn't want to do it myself! Someone here may have a good suggestion to get around the problem. The current required can't be that high as the wires to the EGR are thin, but a short is a short and both a 12V car battery and battery charger are both capable of delivering very high current. Get it wrong and you could easily weld things together.
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Yes. Several sellers on ebay. You don't want a 16V one as they have a very different-looking valve gasket face. In the one you've linked to you can see the gasket with a single round hole flanked by two smaller holes for the fixing screws. The 16V ones have a rectangular face with 4 mounting screw holes.
To make it into a '55215029' one for the Multipla, split the EGR and rotate the solenoid section 90 degrees so that it points to the left, as you look at it in the ebay listing photo, then screw it back together. Simple enough to do and I reckon it saves you something over £60 in the process.
Yours is a much later model than mine. Have alook at the EGR on your car to make sure it looks like the one on ebay before you take the plunge.
To make it into a '55215029' one for the Multipla, split the EGR and rotate the solenoid section 90 degrees so that it points to the left, as you look at it in the ebay listing photo, then screw it back together. Simple enough to do and I reckon it saves you something over £60 in the process.
Yours is a much later model than mine. Have alook at the EGR on your car to make sure it looks like the one on ebay before you take the plunge.
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