Sticking EGR Butterfly Valve

[allah86]

Been having this problem every now and again....

The butterfly valve connected to the EGR valve occasionally gets stuck in the open position which causes the engine to be half-choked i.e lack of power. It requires me to open the lid and manually flick the valve closed then I get full power and can actually drive off.

This generally only happens following a time when I've had the car on for a very short time, like just moving out of the drive then back in again. The next time I come to turn on the engine is struggled because the valve is stuck.

I tried just spraying it with lube but this doesn't seem to have solved the issue.

Ideas?

 

[allah86]

here is a link to the part in question.... http://www.gsfcarparts.com/184vg0310

 

[n11tht]

is the inside of the valve clogged up?

 

[RaviR50]

take it off and give it a good clean, oven cleaner works best

 

[allah86]

Is it easy to take off?

 

[RaviR50]

yeah mate unclip the pipe that leads down to the intercooler then there are 2 bolts underneath (don't lose the gaskets) then unbolt it from the inlet manifold next to it, 3 bolts. There are 2 vac pipes on it just pull them off and label where they went. It pretty self explanatory just give it a go