EGR's SPRUNG A LEAK

[nickh75]

just ordered my egr blankin kit with new turbo top hose,
coz the egr has sprung a leak an me landy sounds like its hissed off, and this way my missus won't moan coz i'm spending more money on me baby,
it sounds easy to do BUT has anyone had trouble with bolts snapping or other problems in fitting new blanking kit or taking the old sh*t off,
any usefull advice please
thanks in advance
nick

 

[daza]

All The Wd40 You Can Get Ya Hands On For A Few Days Before!!!!!!!

 

[nickh75]

All The Wd40 You Can Get Ya Hands On For A Few Days Before!!!!!!!

cheers daza.
just been out an covered it in wb40,
will do it again 2moro an every day till my kit comes,
hope it works ok.
and thanks again

 

[ratty]

WD40'd the day before to help loosen the bolts up. I couldn't get a socket type allen key onto my bolts and using a normal L type allen key meant I couldn't get enough force on them. I ended up removing the egr valve-to-pipe bolts first to give me more space. Then I used a rounded nut extracting socket on the buggers.

 

[markw]

did mine recently, use wd every day before kit arrives.

mine took about 20 mins to take off and put new kit on,

mine came off very easy! don,t know if i was lucky?

all i did was keep applying wd 40 every day.....

noticed the difference as soon as i took it for a spin....
engine sounded more alive than before.

you,ll have to let us know how you get on when yours arrives

 

[battenberg]

It shouldnt be a problem... but if you are worried about it
there was a thread not so long ago where someone sheared a bolt doing the EGR... a search may turn it up?

 

[nickh75]

right then! thanks lads it came today, fitted it took about 20 mins,
had been using wd40 since saturday, pulled up at work yesterday afternoon an i had smoke pothering from the bonnet
and i mean LOADS of smoke, thick grey smoke, some of the lads from work thought me landy was fooked
but just told em it was wd40 burning off it dont half stink when it smokes

but car feels more responsive, even at low revs it just wants to go,
and i'm sure it sounds quieter,
hope it passes emmisions test at mot
nick

 

[daza]

been some posts on here - pass no problem
kept my old egr in the shed(the wooden one not the car!) just in case

 

[nickh75]

been some posts on here - pass no problem
kept my old egr in the shed(the wooden one not the car!) just in case

yep i done the same, give it till mot time an if it passes i can put it up for sale on landyzone
the egr that is, not me landy

 

[battenberg]

right then! thanks lads it came today, fitted it took about 20 mins,
had been using wd40 since saturday, pulled up at work yesterday afternoon an i had smoke pothering from the bonnet
and i mean LOADS of smoke, thick grey smoke, some of the lads from work thought me landy was fooked
but just told em it was wd40 burning off it dont half stink when it smokes

but car feels more responsive, even at low revs it just wants to go,
and i'm sure it sounds quieter,
hope it passes emmisions test at mot
nick

mine passed MOT emissions no probs!
did you see all the marmite gundge it had left behind??

now when you get the chance, flush your intercooler and clean out your inlet manifold.

 

[nickh75]

mine passed MOT emissions no probs!
did you see all the marmite gundge it had left behind??

now when you get the chance, flush your intercooler and clean out your inlet manifold.

yep! got the bastid all over my hands,
will it fook come off, used the best hand cleaner we had at work aswell, never touched it,
will do the intercooler when i get back from scotland next week.

 

[battenberg]

yep! got the bastid all over my hands,
will it fook come off, used the best hand cleaner we had at work aswell, never touched it,
will do the intercooler when i get back from scotland next week.

Get yourself a box of them latex gloves... that sh** is rancid!! ... and to think it was being pumped into your engine on every revolution!!!!

 

[nickh75]

Get yourself a box of them latex gloves... that sh** is rancid!! ... and to think it was being pumped into your engine on every revolution!!!!

yeah thats a thought how the feck can a engine run cleaner with all that **** running through it?
it's got me thinking now.



noticed today that i have very small amounts of soot on the new plate has appeared.
should i take it off and put some exhaust paste on it?
or will it be ok.