1.8 egr

[bigdjag]

Anybody have any problems with the egr on the 1.8 engines as think mine is playing up.

[mhvcbv]

hi
no problem with mine m8
if you do a search or look in the how 2 section m8
i think you can clean it if it plays up

[merikiito]

check this out as it could solve your problem very cheaply!!!!

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EGR-Valve-Blan...1%7C240%3A1318

[Northy]

Can you remove the EGR then? What happens if you do?

G

[merikiito]

Can you remove the EGR then? What happens if you do?

G

Your car runs better

Just follow the advice on the ebay page and mount it like he has shown and all should be fine

[bigdjag]

Had the car checked at my mates garage, he put his bosch diagnostics box on it and checked everything. He set up a graph to read the egr and I went for a 10 mile run when I came back all the graph showed was a flat line. He said it should show a spike every now and again. So that is what he thinks is the problem. Have ordered a new egr and will fit it when it arrives and post the results.

[merikiito]

Why did you not just blank it off as per the ebay link?

[bigdjag]

Because the ECU would still see the fault so need the new one to cure that

[Morephun]

mine was acting strange so i unplugged the egr last week runs smoother now...i dont get any spanner lights dunno why tho....come to think of it i disconnected the maf sensor and forgot to put it back and didnt get any warnings...is this right?if not my car is fooked!

[merikiito]

Because the ECU would still see the fault so need the new one to cure that

Did you get a fault code then? Car and spanner light on?

If you had none of these then you could get away with using the blanking plug.