I've just bought a '72 1.7 and would appreciate a little guidance on air flaps. The righthand flap (viewed from rear of car) doesn't move freely. Everything else works fine so I need to get to it, unstick and grease it. Is it possible to do this without dropping the motor?

Car is below. Many thanks
David
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Just finished up tinkering with mine. Engine out, sitting on surgery table.
Try loosening the two holding tabs and slide it side to side. Might have shifted over.

Yes.

the 2 little plastic bushings the rod pivots in need to be in place. it's possible the the pass side of the rod , there is a push on clip that goes on the arm of the deflector, has popped off. you would have to remove the pass side engine tin to see what's going on. a hassle with the engine in. are there other things you need/would want to address while the engine was out? kill multiple birds with one shot.

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Thanks, I will try and do this with the motor undisturbed as otherwise I don't need to pull.

David

If your car came from a warmer climate, the PO could have secured the flap with a screw. That flap is the bypass mode for the oil cooler. I have seen a couple of cars where the flap was screwed down to the oil cooler frame thereby having cooling air constantly blowing thru the oil cooler.