tonko007 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 hi all again Ive been looking on ebay for me landy stuff . as its cheap he he and i have seen a egr blanking plate and a hose has anyone else had this done if so is it worth doing and how hard is it to do many thanks paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 It is worth doing, but should be done properly with a full kit. The kits available vary in quality. Mine was done by IRB developments and it's a good quality kit with all of the necessary parts (including a couple of blanking plugs for the necessary vacum pipes. Have a look on the IRB website Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxtherotti Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 do a search as egr removal has been covered many many times yes its worth doing and is the first step towrds making your tdi much better performance wise follow up with de cat and interccoler/inlet manifold clean out then your into intercooler upgrades and tweaked fuel pumps as long as the rest of the engine is tip top rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patch1 Posted December 6, 2009 Share Posted December 6, 2009 Surely you can save the money on the blanking kit and just pull the vacume pipe off the top of the EGR unit, wont this do the same thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 Surely you can save the money on the blanking kit and just pull the vacume pipe off the top of the EGR unit, wont this do the same thing. Only if the valve has not stuck open, which they seem to quite often do. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BogMonster Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 The valves usually stick intermittently so the easiest thing to do is seal off the vac pipes (a 3/16" blind rivet stuffed in the end of the rubber fitting and a small cable tie around it do the trick), take it for a good run to get it hot, tap it with a hammer and it will probably shut. I have bypassed loads of Td5 EGR systems and never taken a valve off yet, if you do it before it gets too bad it only takes 5 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patch1 Posted December 7, 2009 Share Posted December 7, 2009 If it stuk open like you say they do, dose that mean you loose all your turbo boost pressure down the exhaust? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 If it stuk open like you say they do, dose that mean you loose all your turbo boost pressure down the exhaust? Nope, it diverts hot exhaust gases into the inlet manifold, eventually coating it with a thick layer of marmite like goo. Pete. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patch1 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Ye but dosent it do that on over run, when your givin it the beans then the inlet manifold is under 14psi of boost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Attryde Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 (edited) Ye but dosent it do that on over run, when your givin it the beans then the inlet manifold is under 14psi of boost. I guess it could. I didn't look into the symptoms of the failure on mine I just pulled it out and mounted a thermocouple for EGT in it's place. I know on mine the inlet manifold was so clogged with 'marmite' that the internal diameter of the inlet was 10mm smaller than it should have been and that since removing the EGR and cleaning the inlet manifold none of the marmite has come back, and the engine now smokes less, can't say I actually noticed much difference in performance from blanking it off. Pete. Edited December 9, 2009 by Pete Attryde Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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