just removed EGR

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rhodie

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• Jun 11, 2011

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well 2 tins of oven cleaner and 3 pint of petrol later cleaned out manifold
and pipes.
all done, egr looked blocked up and coked so i will see what diffrence it makes now its removed

 

zoolander

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• Jun 11, 2011

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messy job isnt it

 

jedi

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• Jun 11, 2011

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I just cleaned mine and put it back, will have to check it again someday to see what its like.

I was quite dirty when I took it off, manifold was clogged too, a few tins of gunk and a jet washer and its mostly clear now.

 

markwizard

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• Jun 13, 2011

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Just make sure you don't use the ovencleaner method on your front lawn as I've found out the hard way that most fiances dont like dead grass!

 

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• Jun 13, 2011

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markwizard said:

Just make sure you don't use the ovencleaner method on your front lawn as I've found out the hard way that most fiances dont like dead grass!

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grass was nearly dead anyway lol

 

floydy634

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• Jun 13, 2011

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how long did it take rhodie? Thinking about doing it myself and then bypassing it by slipping an ali plate through it.

 

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rhodie

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• Jun 13, 2011

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removing egr fitting bypass 20 mins .
cleaning the bloody pipes and manafold hrs lol

 

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• Jun 14, 2011

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looks scary when you have the manifold off dont it...dont let anything drop into the inlets!! :O)

 

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rhodie

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• Jun 14, 2011

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you have one clean egr there mine was a coked and black as you like

 

2.0_hippo

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• Jun 14, 2011

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easier to just get a EGR bypass kit

 

joe27979

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• Jun 14, 2011

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that was the egr post clean...I've since fitted the bypass :0)

 

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nickcc

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• Jun 15, 2011

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Wish I had worn a pair of pansy gloves when I changed my EGR valve, would have saved me from having hands like a chimney sweep (no offence to chimney sweeps )

 

markwizard

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• Jul 7, 2011

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Just a sideline query, why is there two inlet ports for each cylinder from the manifold to the head?

 

joe27979

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• Jul 11, 2011

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markwizard said:

Just a sideline query, why is there two inlet ports for each cylinder from the manifold to the head?

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TD4 has 8inlet valves..2 inlet valves per cylinder :O)

why the bottom are square and top round is beyond me though!
Probably because oil from the turbo/intercooler is forced to the bottom of the manifold as the air flows through it and hence why the bottom square ports are more gummy? anyone guess really?