Patent ID: 7953540

Claim:
An air intake control device of a V diesel engine having an intake passage through which intake air is supplied to respective cylinders formed in a pair of banks of the V diesel engine, an actuator that changes the condition of the intake air flowing in the intake passage, and means for controlling operation of the actuator, wherein the intake passage includes a pair of connecting portions each connected to one of the banks, a converging portion that connects the connecting portions together, and a pair of branch portions branched from the converging portion and extending upstream, wherein the actuator is provided in correspondence with each of the branch portions, and wherein the control means feedback controls operation of each of the actuators in accordance with a common target control value, and wherein the control means feedback controls operation of the actuators in accordance with the target control value, the control means further including: means for determining whether there is a malfunction in the actuators; and means for restricting change of the condition of the intake air through a feedback control performed on one of the actuators if the determining means determines that the other one of the actuators is malfunctioning.