Cost of EGR valve replacement?

[cooperdj]

Was actually dirtier than it looks on the pics but the brush / carb cleaner combo did the trick


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[STU3Y]

Nice work dude. Told you it was easy. Fingers crossed it stays that way for you and was just jammed up rather than faulty.

 

[James_R]

Here's my favourite:



This was on a 2005 bora with 180,000 miles on the clock

 

[cooperdj]

That's impressive!


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[cooperdj]

And.... The fault is back. Guess it's a faulty egr after all


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[James_R]

I'd have the valve tested with a vacuum tester. If it opens, holds and closes correctly then it's not the valve but then you'll have to start looking at the cooler being blocked or the change over flap being faulty.

 

[cooperdj]

You're heading above my area of expertise now! Are you saying that deleting the egr might not solve the problem?


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[James_R]

Removing it from the ecu will rid you of this issue.

 

[cooperdj]

I was just gonna get the darkside delete pipe and get it removed off the map


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[James_R]

That will suffice

 

[cooperdj]

Are there any negatives to getting the egr deleted?


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[James_R]

Other than it costing money - no

 

[cooperdj]

Just thought I'd run this past you all... I spoke to the guy who did my map (CC Tuning in Burton) and he said that he'd charge me £20 for removing the EGR (seems reasonable) from the map but strongly advised against deleting the EGR.

Basically said that the egr can act as a pressure release valve for the turbo if it gets hot or the veins stick. And that if my engine is the 2.0 tdi bkd 2004-2006 (it is) then he said not to do it.

 

[James_R]

That would the be the case for any engine that uses a vnt turbo and an egr system then and there are thousands running an egr delete with no issues at all.

It's a pretty standard request with a map these days to be honest.

If the turbo feels any stress then it drops into limp mode.

 

[Stylance]

Do it! Lol

I've never had a EGR,

In my PD105 I didn't have one with 60,000 miles .. Ran perfect

In my PD170 havnt had one for 6000 miles runs a treat.




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[tundrarocks]

Anyone know of a garage in the north east that will fit an egr delete, remove the cooler and map it out?
Took my egr off to clean it. Managed to bend the cooler pipe then strip the bolts holding it on! On a positive note it runs better without the gasket with the smaller hole!