Location of EGR vacuum hose block

After reading all 39 sticky pages of the "EGR Blanking Mod", I am trying to follow Willo's method for blocking the vacuum hose at the T-junction near the vacuum pump. However, I find that the hose has already been blocked with a screw, BUT AT THE OTHER END of the hose! See attached picture. Does this matter? Where would the other end of the hose have connected to? Do I need to check that the original connection site is blocked off as well?

BUT AT THE OTHER END of the hose! See attached picture. Does this matter?

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no .. not from an operative p.o.v. ..
( assuming that Is the vacuum hose that connects to the egr operating solenoid )

Do I need to check that the original connection site is blocked off as well?

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no Need ..

block it off If you want to keep airborne dirt getting into the now defunct solenoid vacuum valve ..
might be prudent If you forsee ever needing it operative again ..

No duck sound ? then just leave it.

nickcc said:

No duck sound ? then just leave it.

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You wouldn't get the duck noise as the pipe is no longer connected to the solenoid.

If it were mine I would be blocking it off the more usual way so as to stop any cr*p getting into the solenoid in the unlikely event that I wanted to re-activate the EGR system.

Singvogel.

Singvogel said:

You wouldn't get the duck noise as the pipe is no longer connected to the solenoid.

If it were mine I would be blocking it off the more usual way so as to stop any cr*p getting into the solenoid in the unlikely event that I wanted to re-activate the EGR system.

Singvogel.

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Not sure where the duck noise comes from as I never had it when I fitted my bypass, just fitted the original vac pipe onto the bypass stub.

nickcc said:

Not sure where the duck noise comes from as I never had it when I fitted my bypass, just fitted the original vac pipe onto the bypass stub.

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You're one of the lucky ones then, Nick.

AFAIK the duck noise is caused by the vacuum collapsing in the EGR vacuum solenoid if the little pipe is closed off at the EGR end.

S.

Singvogel said:

You're one of the lucky ones then, Nick.

AFAIK the duck noise is caused by the vacuum collapsing in the EGR vacuum solenoid if the little pipe is closed off at the EGR end.

S.

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Hi Singvogel

What I don't understand is why you don't get the same noise when the original valve is in place as when the valve is open the the pipe is effectively blocked anyway, just a thought

nickcc said:

Hi Singvogel

What I don't understand is why you don't get the same noise when the original valve is in place as when the valve is open the the pipe is effectively blocked anyway, just a thought

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I don't understand it either, Nick.

But seeing as how I've got rid of the duck I'm not going to lose sleep over why.

It is intriguing though.

S.

Singvogel said:

I don't understand it either, Nick.

But seeing as how I've got rid of the duck I'm not going to lose sleep over why.

It is intriguing though.

S.

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Just seems quackers to me
About time you came home, you're missing all the fuss about our topless princess, bit of a boar actually.

nickcc said:

Just seems quackers to me
About time you came home, you're missing all the fuss about our topless princess, bit of a boar actually.

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Unfortunately I'm missing nothing.

There has been worldwide coverage of the uncovered items concerned.

Nothing we haven't seen before - they look quite similar to the 'common' versions despite them being 'royal'.

Don't know what all the fuss is about - we all knew they existed.

Singvogel.