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Focus 2.0 petrol EML P2008 code - Swirl flaps air shut off solenoid fault?

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Wish I’d found this post yesterday! My car has p2008 fault and needs new solenoids, I know alot of you have replaced them yourselves for £20 or so. Mines costing £140 plus labour, is this a fair price? Are they easy to replace? Could a novice do it? 

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    Hi! I recently replaced these solenoids on my '07 focus 2.0 Duratec after getting a constant P2008 error. 
    I measured the resistance on the old ones and they both shot to OL when heated up. 

    After replacing the solenoids it ran fine for a couple of drives but now it’s showing the P2008 fault again. I measured the resistance on the new ones and the back one shoots to OL very fast after heating it up, the front one stays at ~34 Ohms. 


    Do you guys maybe have any ideas as to why the back one goes kaput so quickly? Could it be a wiring short somewhere?

    Thanks!

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    Just want to say thanks as this has just solved my problem and also cleared the EML, top man top post. 

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    Just wanted to say thanks for this. Recently acquired a 2011 2.0 petrol with sluggish acceleration and the EML coming up which showed the 2008 code. Dealer changed the solenoid as mentioned in these posts and now driving brilliantly.

    Thanks for the top tips and big grattitude from me 🙂

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