Hi All, Has anyone fitted a EGR blanking plate on a p38 and is it worth fitting or not? Cheers.

Just pull the pipe on the actuator and blank it off with a suitable screw. No need for blanking plates. I would clean the ****e out of the EGR valve itself and make sure spring is holding it shut as part of operation though. You won't notice a lot of difference though. Except you won't have to clean it out as often.
 
I have fitted a blanking kit and it seems better acceleration, to early to find out if the MPG is better. Will let you know.
 
Its a lot less hastle without the EGR, no such thing as vale sticking, or having to keep cleaning out.
 
Blanking it off works just the same I blanked mine and it does run cleaner. And I think better.

What's cheaper and easier? Buying a blanking plate and fitting it, buggering about fitting a penny in the pipe, buying a replacement dummy EGR valve and fitting it. Or pulling the bloody vac pipe off the EGR valve. Providing the spring is holding the EGR valve shut i would have thought the latter one. What do you say?
 
I say calm down lol! Im not arguing with you over an EGR :D

Hes already buggered about with the plate.And i opted for the penny if it matters.
 
I say calm down lol! Im not arguing with you over an EGR :D

Hes already buggered about with the plate.And i opted for the penny if it matters.

Doesn't matter to me, but why make life harder than you need to, did you spend your honeymoon night stood up in a canoe? :D:D:D
 
I like to think I did a Proper Job, which only took ten minutes. If I was worried about a few pounds spent on my car I would have bought a morris minor lol.
 
I like to think I did a Proper Job, which only took ten minutes. If I was worried about a few pounds spent on my car I would have bought a morris minor lol.

That will be fine until a working EGR becomes part of the MOT, which is in the pipe line it would seem, then you might struggle a bit. Putting the pipe back on for the MOT would be a lot easier. The EGR is already blocked by the EGR valve until activated. If it can't activate it stays blocked. What is difficult to understand about that? :);)
 
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