You don’t need to map them out,fit blank plug and leave motor in place electrically connected.
a decent mapper wouldn’t put a map on until problem is resolved, if it is happening with or without the map it suggests another issue. I would be suspecting egr sticking or problem with small turbo if it’s gutless up to 3000rpm.
Are turbos on them electronic or vac controlled?

 

Cheers for that. Not too sure if it's electronic or vac controlled. I was told until the swirl flaps are mapped out It will go into limp mode. Not producing much at all. When it was mapped it was fine after 3000rpm and as you say it points to something else. I'll find out I'm sure tomorrow if they can't suss it out on a rolling road

 

I have ditched flaps on n47 and n57 and not had mapped out, if motor is still there the DDE thinks flaps are.

 

I'm guessing then the mechanic has taken the motor out because he said I'd need to tell the tuner to map out the swirl flap motor 🤦🏻

 

Possibly or he doesn’t really know it will function without flaps? Sometimes you need to have a physical stop for the motor. I have had it once I just cut the bare off the end of actuator arm and left that in place so it swept same area as when flaps there.

 

Said he had done another customers 2 weeks previous and this was the issue. I'm hoping I can get to the bottom of it tomorrow 😢. See if they can suss it out on a rolling road or if they send me back to the mechanic to sort it out. Cheers for your help mate

 

Just had a look now. Air intake breather pipe is all cracked at the bottom. Is very brittle to touch. Not sure if this could have anything to do with it but I'm going to replace this in the morning

 

Yes that can cause issues as it is sucking in unmetered air.
Can you see if swirl motor is fitted? It sits at front of inlet manifold close to cylinder head

 

 

Don't know where I'm looking 😂

 

The swirl flap motor is still fitted and can be seen at the front of the manifold.
cheers
Jim

 

As above motor is still there.
See what fault codes are logged and go from there

 

Most likely the motor goes past the resting (flaps open) position and throws a code. A stop screw or similar can be added so the system will see the flaps as fully open (but not over it).

 

Sort the split pipes out and it will be fine.
Do you get a light on ?.

 

This is the thing. Getting no lights on. No fault codes. Nightmare

 

The only one I had before having the swirl flaps taken out was the 2c3200 code which i thought would sort it

 

So. Still no closer to finding out this boost issue. Changing the boost pressure control valve tomorrow to see if that's the issue. Smoke test on the lines showed no signs of a leak. Sadly everything at the minute is pointing towards a new turbo charger which given the car has only done 55k is a bit crap 😭

 

Daft question, you don't by any chance live on the wirral do you?

 

Manchester mate

 

No worries, the prat next door to me thinks he's a BMW specialist and was saying pretty much the same to someone the other day who's been back to him a few times.

 

Which part? 😂

 

Most of it

Who's rolling Road are you going on? Rick at unicorn in Stockport is good but expensive.
Chris at efi in runcorn does a fair few BMW diesels now and he's bloody good.

 

I went to 117speed in Trafford Park. Turns out the rolling road/map is nothing to do with the boost issue I'm having pre 3000rpm. I need to have the issue sorted before having the car remapped and as was previously said the tuner won't touch it until the issue is sorted. They mapped out the egr and swirl flaps and the issue was still there. I then went looking for a leak in the system somewhere and had a smoke test done but this didn't find any leak. I've changed the map sensor which was filthy but the issue is still there. Next thing is the boost pressure valve in the morning to see if that helps. It's an electronic actuator on them so I'm stuck for getting that tested. Seems I will have to get a new turbo

 

The fault code you have relates to the swirl flap actuator motor going beyond its set parameters. When you turn the ignition on it does a sweep from open to closed as a swirl flap check. If it goes further than it should as a result of wear in the linkages it thinks the swirl flaps are broken and places the car in limp mode. It does not through a engine management light when it does this. Even though your swirl flaps have been removed the actuator will still does the sweep and in your case it is still going past it’s set parameters. You need to remove the actuator and fabricate a new stop so when t does the test sweep it stays within its settings.
the alternative is to replace e the inlet manifold with a new one which will also resolve the issue.
cheers
Jim

 

Sorry Jim I should have said. Following the swirl flaps and egr being mapped out of the car I'm no longer getting the swirl flap error code. This was what the problem was originally.