Thread: EGR Blank on 08 TDV6

Well done - where are all the blow by blow pics.

Everyone (here and in the UK) has said it couldn't be done but when I asked who had actually tried I got no responses other than it cannot be done. I began to think an urban myth.

Then a guy did it in the Uk and it worked. It would seem that on the post 07MY cars the egrs still have to be serviceable where on earlier cars it is not an issue.

Please keep us informed of your progress as I am interested in doing mine while they are still working. I had egr faults late last year but it was the connector rather than the egrs - a bit of a clean up and no further faults.

How long did it take and what spares and consumables do you need in advance??

Cheers

Garry

Gday Garry,

As for blow by blow pics, I thought about it, but when you buy the EGR bank kit, it has step by step instructions, but they say to remove the spnidle and butterfly in the car, well I tried that, and I could see I was going to do major damage to something, so I remove the whole housing.
That took about 1 minute extra, and made the job so much easier, you just move 1 electrical connecter out of the way ( the fuel return 1 infront of the oil filter housing, and 1 on top next to the Y piece, and do the spindle removal and the removal of the EGR stub pipes on a work bench.

I took 3 hours, but spent 45 mins getting the spindle out and 30 mins cleaning the gunk out of the housing. Its actually quite an easy job except for the spindle withdrawal.

Tools needed, 8 mm socket and universal joint with 2 extensions or 1 long 1 for the bolts down beside the engine where the blanks go once you remove the EGR pipe
10mm spanner,
8mm spanner,
couple flat blade screwdrivers
T30 and T25 torx bits
1 pair of small hands.
plenty of rags, and some good degreaser.

If I did it again, could be done in 2 hours with a coffee in the middle.

Cant say I can tell if the car drives any better, but does seem to kick down as soon as you hit the loud peddle.

Cheers Ean

This is the engine with no more EGR fitted


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This is the centre housing I say to remove, you can see the 2 extra connecters at the back, the red 1 just lifts off the bracket and the 1 on top of the housing just unplugs.


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The rest is as per the instructions you get when you buy the blanking kit

Cheers Ean

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

1 pair of small hands.

Thanks

But I do not have small hands

Originally Posted by garrycol

Thanks

But I do not have small hands

Me either, but it would make putting the blank on the drivers side a blody lot easier to do, and to get the bolt back in on the air box as well.

The drivers side is the hardest side to do as there is not alot of room, and this is where you need the socket universal as 1 bolt is just on the wrong angle.

Cheers Ean

Gday All,

Well got our first fault today, I wasnt in the car , but after hooking up hawkeye, the fault said something along the lines of excessive EGR detected, and 3 orange lights came on the dash, and a brake message on the message centre.

The car still drove ok and never seemed to lose power or have a suspension drop, so have cleared the fault and will see how long it takes to re-appear. Done about 180-200ks since EGR blank.

Will keep updated on how it goes.

Cheers Ean

Bummer

Originally Posted by garrycol

Bummer

I also see the bloke on the UK site is having issues as well


Will see how we go.

Cheers Ean