egr blanking plate strangeness

I tried blanking the egr valve off with a plate made to fit. I blocked it off at the point the egr meets the body. Just a plate between.

Put it all back together tried starting and she wouldn't start. She just ticks over as if there was no fuel etc....

I took the plate out and she started, she sounded very rough so I revved her up and she settled.

What could have caused this?

I cleaned all the air flow pipes/ egr etc etc and I did spray with wd40... could that have caused the blockage and once I took the plate out it flushed it through.....

Thanks

Its the pipe that comes up from the exhaust that requires blanking off, not the flow into the inlet manifold. No air = no start.

I hope I have read your post wrong but did you put a plate between the egr and the engine block? 'cos if you did it's not surprising it would not start as you have blocked the air flow into the engine. The plate should go between the egr and the pipe coming out from the back which blocks of the exhaust.

What can I use to block it off there? It's only a small 3inch or so round pipe is that right?

I've got a feeling that whatever "disk" you put in there (in the right hole this time...)will eventually warp/melt/get ingested into the engine, so you're better off buying a DECENT EGR blanking unit. Don't get a ****ty cheap one off Ebay. See the mass of info about this in other threads.

I paid about £45 for my Allisport one, and it's very good quality. Well worth the extra £15 or so compared to the lesser ones on The Bay.

I assume your's IS a Td4 and not an L Series?

yeh its a td4.

it was just an aliminium plate i cut to shape.

ill have a look at the blanking kits

This is the kit I used and I think a few on here have also used it.
Landrover Freelander EGR TD4 Bypass kit Stainless Stell | eBay

Despite the fact the seller can't spell Stainless Steel, that's a good piece of kit.

I've had one for over 20k now and I'm very happy with it.

Don't forget to check the tightness of the Allan-screws after a couple of hundred miles. The cork gasket beds down after a bit of use.

Singvogel.

You've blanked the three inch or so pipe!!!!!! OMG

fair play to you for having a go at it gaz, we all learn by trial and error.

sounds like you have completely blanked off the air supply to the engine, as there is really only one place you can slip an aluminium plate into, that's between the egr valve and the block.

as you've already had it off once to fit the plate, I assume you cleaned all the accumulated crud out from inside it.

as a temporary measure, pull the small blue braided hose off from the egr and block it with an inch eight screw or similar, cable tie the hose to the air intake or it will disappear for ever. this will stop the valve from operating, but a bypass kit such as those on ebay will remove the obstruction that the valve assembly causes in the pipe.

good luck, welcome to the forum, there is all the help you need and more on here.

Yupp as above buy a kit and follow some instruction and you'll pick it up. It sounds like you blanked the main air inlet to the engine not the EGR!

HI and welcome you will find lots of people on here with great knowledge and experiences of the freelander enter egr in search and you will be amazed of all the info Always have a read first not to do any damage as an old joiner said to me measure twice cut once cost you less money in the long run

thanks everyone for your advice and kind words.

As you can tell im a new land rover owner and im learning as i go.

I got the freelander td4 sport last friday.

Its not been well looked after, i took the air filter out yesterday and it was black! when i took the hosing off yesterday to get access to the egr there was baked on oil everywhere.

First things first im giving her a good service, oil, filters possible fuel filter etc etc...

then iv got to figure why i think she is loosing water and ill go from there

look at the cap on the header tank, should hopefully find some staining around the top of the bottle, indicating it's either a faulty cap or the bottles tend to crack around the top, only visible when engine is hot and cooling system under pressure.

good luck

Optimus Prime said:

look at the cap on the header tank, should hopefully find some staining around the top of the bottle, indicating it's either a faulty cap or the bottles tend to crack around the top, only visible when engine is hot and cooling system under pressure.

good luck

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I will have a look tonight and report back