EGR Blanking help/advice

**monty2000** · 16th November 2011, 17:34

Hi peeps,
Ive just blanked off my egr (1.9cdti 150)
The car with spanner light has come.
Is this supposed to come on? i thought it was the little eml light in the bottom right hand corner that was only supposed to come on.

**Critch** · 16th November 2011, 17:44

Are the Electixal connectors defiantly connected?

**monty2000** · 16th November 2011, 18:18

yep. by that u mean the electrical connector to the egr?
i didnt even take the egr off. i just undone the 2 x intake pipe bolts & just loosened off the other bolts to reallign the egr with the intake pipe.
cars running fine & alot better. turbo spools up sooner & the lumpyness has gone on tick over
Im not getting the small eml light just the big one (car with spanner)
has amyone else had this?
i was on the assumption only the little light should come on

**monty2000** · 16th November 2011, 19:15

Bump :-)

**monty2000** · 16th November 2011, 20:39

just took it out for another spin & the car/spanner light went off & the little light illuminated.
just getting the car/spanner light on egnition start now.
im hoping thatl be a stored fault code & will cure itself in a couple of weeks.
But overall im happy

as its not cost efective to pay to have the egr removed from the ecu i WILL be getting remap as some point early next year

**Dan_BlackSRi** · 17th November 2011, 13:22

Just to confirm, this is what happens, you get the spanner light first, then the emissions light comes on and stays on (unless mapped out).

**Bullylad** · 23rd November 2011, 18:20

Driving home tonight got a few seconds of reduced power and the car and spanner light came on for a mament.
.
I had this a few years ago and VX sorted it out under warranty
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This time I am going to blank off the EGR valve as it seems easy enough to do but what I want to know is this.
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Does any part of the EGR need cleaning before I fit the blanking plate?

Thanks in advance!

**roswell** · 23rd November 2011, 20:27

Originally Posted by Bullylad

Driving home tonight got a few seconds of reduced power and the car and spanner light came on for a mament.
.
I had this a few years ago and VX sorted it out under warranty
.
This time I am going to blank off the EGR valve as it seems easy enough to do but what I want to know is this.
.
Does any part of the EGR need cleaning before I fit the blanking plate?

Thanks in advance!

I fully cleaned mine before blanking off on the theory if I wanted to unblank it I wanted it to not seize up, anyway blanked it off with a full blanking plate 1500 ish miles ago and never got teh car and spanner or emissions light on.

**supersteve_75** · 24th November 2011, 20:35

i blanked mine about 3000 miles ago and never had any problems with it except the spanner light ! you get used to ignoring it and it certainly ran a lot better

**ted** · 24th November 2011, 22:48

Originally Posted by supersteve_75

i blanked mine about 3000 miles ago and never had any problems with it except the spanner light ! you get used to ignoring it and it certainly ran a lot better

Easy enough to pop the dash pod out and put a bit of black tape over that annoying little light I found