TD5 EGR Blanking Plate Kit.

why do people put this mod on,
mine is a 2001 which has been chipped from new,
just had a new clutch fitted and finally got it back home, as the garage have had to fit new slave and master cylinder to it as well, dont think they could bleed it right, but they have only charged me for parts only, anyhow back to EGR!
my misses was following back home and told me the disco is smoking black smoke out, it goes like a train and has loads of power, would a EGR stop this?
i found one pipe near the brake servo the other month with a screw in it and not connected to anything, i sust out where it should be and reconnected it, mde no difference to anything, but i didn,t know why it was done, can anybody shed any light on these matters?

There's an awful lot of threads about EGR removal but in case you can't work out how to search here's one to get you started link

cheers for that!
i had a look at the link and red it through,
now would you recommend any particular kit?

Headtester said:

There's an awful lot of threads about EGR removal but in case you can't work out how to search here's one to get you started link

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just had a look on ebay
there is a blanking kit or a full kit
does anybody know which is the best solution?

I got mine from JGS 4x4, can't remember what I paid but it came with all the bits I needed and full instructions.

Toughest part was freeing any rusted on bolts - plenty of penetrating oil and leave it overnight.

...also ensure engine is warm and tighten the allen screws to crack them before loosening. Mine is a 1999 TD5 and did the EGR blanking back in April. The "problematic" allen screws came off easily.

And since blanking the EGR I now get around 50 - 60 miles more out of a full tank (regularly get 600+ miles now) with mixed urban and motorway driving. So has been cost effective as well as giving more grunt low end.

my td5 has been remapped about a year ago and performs well at mo, although recently i had major probs with the fuel pressure. however that's resolved now.. Anyway ive read and heard about this Egr blanking, but im left wondering if blanking the EGR will give me much more power?? and mostly is it detrimental to the engine long term???

Errrr. WELCOME! I guess! Nice necro post

Why would letting clean air into the engine, rather than having some hot exhaust gases join it along the way be detrimental? Internal combustion engines love cold, dense air, so heating that air up won't help the power output. The exhaust gases will begin to choke up the inlet manifold. No, it won't give you a stack load more power, but it may just be smoother and slightly better on mpg. You're removing a cylindrical rod which goes vertically through the inlet pipe, thus removing a turbulence-creating object and in addition increasing the amount of space the air flows through, not by much, but every little helps.

DIFFLOCK66 said:

Errrr. WELCOME! I guess! Nice necro post

Why would letting clean air into the engine, rather than having some hot exhaust gases join it along the way be detrimental? Internal combustion engines love cold, dense air, so heating that air up won't help the power output. The exhaust gases will begin to choke up the inlet manifold. No, it won't give you a stack load more power, but it may just be smoother and slightly better on mpg. You're removing a cylindrical rod which goes vertically through the inlet pipe, thus removing a turbulence-creating object and in addition increasing the amount of space the air flows through, not by much, but every little helps.

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what he means is get it done!, then your engine will breath clean air,
better mpg marginally, but better for engines health!