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Service. Self-Study Programme 257 Electric vacuum pump for brake servo unit Design and Function Cars fitted with a petrol engine in combination EU 4 emission standard, and compensating for the with an automatic gearbox which comply with the greater torque friction (resistance in torque con- EU 4 Standard have an electric vacuum pump. verter) which exists under the conditions mentio- This is used for assisting the brake servo unit. ned above. In this engine-gearbox combination, the throttle Depending on the particular car model, two diffe- valve is opened particularly wide when the engine rent versions of the electric vacuum pump are fit- is started from cold, as well as when it is idling with ted: a drive position engaged and the brakes applied. This is intended to reduce the pressure drop in 1. open-loop controlled vacuum pump intake manifold. 2. closed-loop controlled vacuum pump The reasons for this greater opening of the throttle valve is the heating-up phase of the catalytic con- verter after a cold engine start, as required by the Pressure drop when throttle valve opened If the throttle valve is slightly opened, a high vacuum exists in the intake manifold and thus also a high vacuum at the vacuum connection for the brake servo unit. Throttle valve Vacuum connection S257_002 If the throttle valve is opened wide and the engine is running at a low speed, only a very slight vacuum exists at the connection for the