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Secondary Air Injection Relay

Switches the large current the secondary air pump draws, which is far more than a control module output could supply directly. Worth testing before the pump on any secondary air complaint: it is dramatically cheaper, fails at least as often, and a relay that never closes is indistinguishable from a pump that never runs without measuring at the pump.

Also known as: air pump relay, sai relay, smog pump relay

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