Mercedes Aluminum Intake Manifold Swirl Air Flap Runner Lever Repair Kit M272 2721402401 Gaskets V6

In car for the last month. Works great. Made a couple lite bends in the arms to match factory. Fit is very good. Thought maybe the center washer is a bit cheap but seems to be fine. Comes with proper gaskets.I recommend, once the whole intake manifold is out, to take off the throttle body so you can see and feel inside to make sure everything is tight and not lose. If things are lose get a new manifold. If everything is tight put it back together and use this part and reinstall. Also you might have to reset the codes since my codes stayed.

The tumble flap linkage is a little weak., But strong enough to do the job. Spray cleaning the runner flaps free of carbon build up is key to "Smooth" operation.

It’s a good concept but the dimensions still need to be fine tuned.

Performed just as advertised but gaskets were different brands for each side of the intake manifold, which was unexpected. Nevertheless, we accomplished the goal for the client and the car performed as it should.

It's not an easy part to change, just because of how much work it is to get to, but the metal part is much more durable than the plastic OEM part that came on the car.

Badly designed and manufactured, the ball/joints on this part are so thick that even sanding them for more than 40 minutes would not go in easy the plastic actuator sockets, then when finally went in the fittings were so tight that the whole mechanism would lock up. so had to end up disassembling the whole peace, un-rivet my Original plates/joints and attach them to the middle section of this purchased part.A waste of time, and could have damaged the intake manifold rudder actuators, had to use it because of the necessity if I would have had more time I would have returned them. I hope I don't have any surprises with gaskets.

All good

It does seem to work but looks and feels cheap, flimsy and the hinge joints are nuts and screws which stick out, not the nice flush pressed fittings that some of the other brands have. It's a labor intensive part to change, I wish I bought better quality, hopefully it holds up.