EGR removal

[JMLAudi]

Hi

I got another question.......................there was talk of a backing plate to block off the EGR valve...using a landrover plate..could be bought off ebay/...............could someone please point me in the right direction,cheers



Was this bolted to the EGR side or manifold side?.............Iwanting to use the intake part/ neck
from a 1.6 TD engine it doesnt have the EGR opening....i just have to remove the EGR valve and the pipe to the manifold.

cheers
john

[CliveH]

Hi John,

Did you find your answer to this?

[s2avant]

Defender or Discovery EGR blanks can be had off ebay cheaply.

You can bolt the plate wherever you want Inlet or Exhaust end. On mine I blanked of the manifold and then removed the EGR valve itself and blanked the manifold off.

In your case John with the 1.6TD intake you can just bolt a blank onto the exhaust manifold and remove all the EGR bits. Depending on the ECU you may need to keep the solenoid plugged in to stop it throwing codes. I had to keep the solenoid but removed all the vacuum piping back to the servo hose.

I'd also recommend cleaning out the manifold before use as it's amazing how much gunk builds up inside it and restricts airflow. Mine was restricted down to almost 10mm!

Ben

[CliveH]

Defender or Discovery EGR blanks can be had off ebay cheaply.

like this Ben?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Discovery-2-II...#ht_500wt_1154

[s2avant]

That's the sort of thing you need. I'm not sure if the TD5 one is a different size to earlier 300TDi version though.

Ben

[JMLAudi]

Egr

Hi Clive

sorry,i havnt carried on with this as family issusses have held me up
but when it clears up and i am sorted then i will repost

cheers
john

[Jas11n]

I used this seller back in 2008 for my 80TDI.

>>>> Linky

A a couple of pictures of it fitted.
Cleaning the manifold out made a huge difference to mine too.

[CliveH]

Nice work there Jas

could lose a bit of weight by removing the EGR valve completely and blanking both ends?