2001 Disco EGR Blanking Plate Confusion

OK, so I ordered a blanking plate off the iternet and it duly arrived today.
Seeign as it was such a fine evening and as I'd spent the past few days reading up on the not too hard task of fitting it I popped the bonnet and removed the engine cover...and stared. Someting was not quite right.
After a few seconds it dawned on my. The expansion box (seen in the pics on this thread: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f68/fitting-egr-blanking-plate-td5-without-removing-egr-171377.html) was missing.
What I have is a corrugated pipe that runs from next to the turbo, all around the front (in one piece) and around to the manifold.
At no pint is there anywhere that can be reached to easily fit the plate.
Am I missing something here or are the 2001 models (and earlier) setup differntly?

DosBox said:

OK, so I ordered a blanking plate off the iternet and it duly arrived today.
Seeign as it was such a fine evening and as I'd spent the past few days reading up on the not too hard task of fitting it I popped the bonnet and removed the engine cover...and stared. Someting was not quite right.
After a few seconds it dawned on my. The expansion box (seen in the pics on this thread: http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f68/fitting-egr-blanking-plate-td5-without-removing-egr-171377.html) was missing.
What I have is a corrugated pipe that runs from next to the turbo, all around the front (in one piece) and around to the manifold.
At no pint is there anywhere that can be reached to easily fit the plate.
Am I missing something here or are the 2001 models (and earlier) setup differntly?

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You need to undo the corrugated pipe (2 allen headed screws) and the blanking plate slips in between.
If all you bought was the blanking plate
Unless of course its already been blanked off, is there a rubber hose in place of the expansion box?

This is the problem. The pipe is in one single piece and runs from one side of the engine to the other. Both ends are very inacessable without the removal of some hoses on either end.

To be honest, the easiest way to do the job is to remove the EGR altogether, fitting a blanking plate on the exhaust manifold end and a short tube to replace the actual EGR on the inlet manifold.

I did the job on mine and it took about two hours (including tea and smoke breaks).
The bolts on the exhaust are a bit fiddly to get to but with a half decent socket set with the allen key adapters and it can be done without too much stress. Either way, removing the EGR or not you're going to have to undo those two bolts to install the blanking plate.

Plenty of releasing oil, proper stuff like Plusgas but NOT wd40 on the bolts. It's easier if you do remove the acoustic cover and the fan guard before you start.

Full instructions at:
www.dragonseggs.com/TD5 EGR Removal.pdf

I agree with Brian. Get an egr delete kit at £28 from Paddocks and do the job properly. Keeping the egr in place means that air still has to get round that restrictive butterfly and spindle thats in the valve.

Forgot to add that this might be a good time to renew the hoses with silicone ones as the originals tend to de-laminate on the inside which strangles the engine.

I got a set c/w really nice wide stainless clips for £72 from Derby Performance Hose.