EGR What to do

[skoller]

I am presently sitting in my Puma watching it poor down with rain in Bowen but my biggest concern is the egr,its making a squeeking noise on ite self clean cycle at shutdown. Can I electricalyl disconnect it ,so no other problems can occur until I get home for a remap.

[Disco4_tech]

Don't disconnect it. Driving it when it's noisy is fine, and you can Safely drive it home.

Disconnecting it will probably put it into limp home mode.

[n plus one]

I am presently sitting in my Puma watching it poor down with rain in Bowen but my biggest concern is the egr,its making a squeeking noise on ite self clean cycle at shutdown. Can I electricalyl disconnect it ,so no other problems can occur until I get home for a remap.

Mine got real squeaky once, then it got better and worked fine for another 30k until I BAS Map'd it into oblivion...

Just leave it be as suggested by others.

[danske]

Yes you can disconnect electronically . My car did not go into limp mode - it infact has performed better and more efficiently. Only thing that has changed for me is the engine mgmt light came on. I'm sure if the engine has issues ill know about it as opposed to a warning light telling me.

[red roo]

Whats cheapest way to disconect egr on 2.4 puma im not woried if warning light stays on

[29dinosaur]

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130-defender-county/172590-shutting-off-egr-defender-td4-puma-versus-replacing.html#post1891303

[skoller]

I disconnected my EGR electrically. The only difference I can see is the engine is a lot more rattly than usual.

[red roo]

I unpluged mine easy fix

[ProjectDirector]

I unpluged mine easy fix

Any effects on engine operation or issues after the physical disconnection.

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[Naks]

You can remove it and clean it.

Or try using some diesel cleaner or 2SO to help prevent it from being clogged.

[Sitec]

Having not seen the Puma EGR valve I prob shouldn't comment, but, I'd remove it, replace it with a straight pipe, but leave it cable tied in close proximity to its original location and plugged in... Computer wud think its still there! Put a pic of it up, I might learn something. The one on my Td5 is long gone!! :)

[DiscoMick]

You can remove it and clean it.

Or try using some diesel cleaner or 2SO to help prevent it from being clogged.

How do you remove and clean it? Where is it, in fact? Mine is quite noisy on shutdown so I'd be interested in cleaning it, but I'm wary of fiddling with it, not being very mechanically-minded.

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[ozy013]

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/90-110-130-defender-county/220831-egr-valve-chook-death.html

Plenty of discussion on the above thread to start you off, Samblers posted some excellent pics of the removal of his EGR.

Cleaning is the easy bit. it's the access that's a pig. You really do need baby arms to get to a couple of the four bolts holding it in place.
Pic below is for the 2.4

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2015/12/14.jpg

[Samblers]

I did indeed.

It ran perfectly well for quite a while with the chook rattle of death though, I wouldnt let it stop me using the car. Was blowing a little white smoke on start up though.

Cleaned and re-greased the EGR valve as per my thread and its still running quietly 1 year later.

If it dies (actually fails rather than is just noisy) then i'll have to take a decision on the BAS remap because its an expensive item to replace, but re-greasing is free.

Cheers, Sam

[ramblingboy42]

I simply put a plate in my Ford Ranger puma and blocked it off. like the td5 it made a hell of a difference.

as is the same with LR's it is a finger busting temper stretching small job that is thouroughly worth the effort.

I don't know if any engine lights come up on the LR but they didn't on the Ranger.