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Problem was, despite much application of plus gas et al, I still couldn't budge the hex bolts holding the egr on. Solution so far is I've blanked it at the end of the water cooler, which appears to be working if not ideal !

All Just been informed that what I have is a Euro III EGR valve unit and the extra part is indeed a cooler for the gas coming from the exhaust to the inlet hose. It would seem the recognised answer is to take off the 2 water pipes and join them, then remove the EGR as normal.

I have recently bought a Japanese import 96 300tdi disco and wanted to blank the EGR. I downloaded pictures of the process as I'm not very experienced mechanically. However, on mine there is a cylindrical part between the EGR valve and the metal part of the pipe that connects to the main top...

Hi all Wonder if anyone can help. Following advice from here I'm about to remove the EGR valve unit on my 96 300tdi (Japanese import). I'm not mechanically minded and have never done this sort of thing so I printed out the step by step pictures of the EGR removal process. The problem is, on mine...

Cheers mate, will do. Any idea how expensive and how idiot friendly this is as I've not done much diy stuff before

Hi All I'm a new convert, got a 1996 japanese import 300tdi auto about 2 weeks ago. Its done just over 50k and seems quite reasonable. So far I'm getting about 25 mpg. Questions I could do with some advice on are: 1. Seems to be very slow pulling away unless I floor it, seems not to make much...