EDS 200hp maps - with or without EGR?

[muctm]

I have the 200hp "ultra low emissions" (uses EGR) at the moment and the car drives great.
It the 200hp no EGR map better?
Have any of you used it?

[diesel dog]

I have the 200hp "ultra low emissions" (uses EGR) at the moment and the car drives great.
It the 200hp no EGR map better?
Have any of you used it?

Turning off the EGR increases NOx emissions (gas that reacts with sun light to cause smog,but never a big problem in the UK),but it stops your engine from eating exhaust gases (its own ****),which should mean better fuel economy and engine efficiency plus your engine oil will be less contaminated with exhaust by-products.

[muctm]

Thanks. I am fully aware of what the EGR does.
My question was about the byproducts of shutting off the EGR:
better response?
turbo staying spooled longer/all the time?
..
general impressions

[muctm]

...plus your engine oil will be less contaminated with exhaust by-products.

Can you explain more?

[bertbuckie1]

Turning off the EGR increases NOx emissions (gas that reacts with sun light to cause smog,but never a big problem in the UK),but it stops your engine from eating exhaust gases (its own ****),which should mean better fuel economy and engine efficiency plus your engine oil will be less contaminated with exhaust by-products.

is this valve diesel only?

[diesel dog]

Can you explain more?

Exhaust gases burnt with the fuel in the cylinder carry with them particles of soot (which ironically become much greater in size and quantity with more percentage of Exhaust gas burnt!).

These particles of soot are abrasive and find their way past your piston rings etc and end up in your oil.So not only will your engine wear out more quickly due to these particles being in the combustion process,you then have the double wammy of decreasing your oils lubrication properties because the particles are taking up valueable space in it.

The treble wammy is that modern oils have to be more eco friendly (don't clog your DPF and help mop up the soot particles),and that means that they don't contain so many wear inhibitors as they once did!

[diesel dog]

is this valve diesel only?

Truck diesels,Marine diesels,you name it.

EGR caused truck manufacturers huge problems.They could burn lots of it,and their engines were clean(er).But the penalties of poorer economy and power were hard to take.

To put EGR in simple terms: If you had something to eat and then **** it out and then you ate about 30% of it,do you think that you would operate better or worse than if you didn't eat any of it ?

[muctm]

Exhaust gases burnt with the fuel in the cylinder carry with them particles of soot (which ironically become much greater in size and quantity with more percentage of Exhaust gas burnt!).

These particles of soot are abrasive and find their way past your piston rings etc and end up in your oil.So not only will your engine wear out more quickly due to these particles being in the combustion process,you then have the double wammy of decreasing your oils lubrication properties because the particles are taking up valueable space in it.

The treble wammy is that modern oils have to be more eco friendly (don't clog your DPF and help mop up the soot particles),and that means that they don't contain so many wear inhibitors as they once did!

One of the downsides of disabling the EGR is that the turbo will fail faster, as all the gases pass through it. But as my motto is: "if something brakes get a bigger and better one...", I can live with that

Thanks for the reply

[diesel dog]

One of the downsides of disabling the EGR is that the turbo will fail faster, as all the gases pass through it.

The EGR valve is only open during part-throttle conditions.At full throttle/load/idle/warm-up the EGR valve is fully closed anyway.So closing the EGR under part-throttle (cruising) conditions will put no extra strain on the turbo,but the engine will be faster to react when you do open the throttle due to the mixture in the cylinder/inlet manifold not having exhaust gas already in it.

[Maverick]

I don't think for one minute that EGR will lessen the life of your engine as described here.

I am sure GM would have looked at this when the system was being designed.