Patent ID: 7991541

Claim:
A method for improving the running smoothness of an internal combustion engine which has at least one combustion chamber and at least one controllable actuator, the position of which has an influence on the combustion in the at least one combustion chamber, with the method comprising the steps of: determining an uneven running value of the internal combustion engine, comparing the uneven running value with a predefined first uneven running threshold value, in the event of the uneven running value exceeding the first uneven running threshold value, moving the actuator from a starting position into an end position while the combustion in all of the combustion chambers of the internal combustion engine being continued, and wherein the uneven running value being determined in an individual manner for each combustion chamber, and in the event of the uneven running value in one of the combustion chambers exceeding a predefined second uneven running threshold value, which is greater than that of the first uneven running threshold value, suppressing the combustion in the corresponding combustion chamber.