EGR blanking plate on a MY13 2.2 Puma?

[AussieAub]

Has anyone done this?
Is it even possible on the 2.2 Puma engine?

Was reading something about that when used/installed on the Puma 2.4's that the engine management light throws a wobbler, unless the ECU is re-flashed, in which case you can just turn the EGR valve off/closed, so no real need for the plate anyway.

If the only real solution or fix is a re-flash, then that's out of my current spending bracket just now.

Any comments/recommendations from other more experienced forumites?

Cheers,

[Loubrey]

Not a great idea while your car is in warranty...

You can apparently just pull the plug off and it will stop working and stay shut, but it will show a fault code.

If the question is purely academic, you would do a lot better with an intercooler upgrade!

[beefy]

Mine is dpf! No egr

[AndyG]

Is your DPF Defender a non Oz model?

[Beery]

I dare say beefy is looking at the catalytic converter.

If you've ever had a look inside the intake manifold and intake ports of a diesel with EGR and seen the amount of sooty, oily cr@p choking it up...you would disconnect it without a second thought.

Simply put, EGR is an abomination of an idea.

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[Lagerfan]

Read somewhere here about an idea to remove the inner workings of the egr mechanism so it can remain connected to the ECU but doesn't do anything (stays closed) this avoids the fault code as the ECU thinks it is doing its thing.

No idea how to do it though...

[Gerokent]

I dare say beefy is looking at the catalytic converter.

If you've ever had a look inside the intake manifold and intake ports of a diesel with EGR and seen the amount of sooty, oily cr@p choking it up...you would disconnect it without a second thought.

Simply put, EGR is an abomination of an idea.

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Q. How to kill an engine quickly?
A. Recirculate dirty exhaust gas back into the engine wearing it out, therefore producing a greater amount of emissions.

Stupid, stupid idea!

[ozy013]

Read somewhere here about an idea to remove the inner workings of the egr mechanism so it can remain connected to the ECU but doesn't do anything (stays closed) this avoids the fault code as the ECU thinks it is doing its thing.

No idea how to do it though...

Defender Puma EGR blanking - 4x4 Community Forum

Dunelandy is the guy that removed the gears, I think post #35 shows some pics. Reading the most recent threads, he still has no MIL light. This however is for the 2.4, not sure about the 2.2.

I've been following this closely for awhile now, as I don't have the money for a remap yet. At the moment I'm halfway through an experiment, which involves simply unplugging the EGR on shutdown and leaving it that way, once it's done the "chuka, chuka, chuka" clean cycle and is closed. So far in just under 3 weeks and 132 cycles no MIL light. Maybe I just got lucky, but it also seems to work for some of the members on the South African forum. I also have a spare EGR from the previous owner of my Puma, never did ask why he had a spare ! I've removed the gears, made sure it's closed and will try Dunelandy's idea after a month of running around with the current one unplugged. Plus it gives me a chance to pull the current one apart to check it's condition.

Oh yeah mine is also the 2.4, and the EGR was working fine before I unplugged it. Again like others have said, I just don't like the idea of pushing dirty exhaust gases back through the engine.

[Doc130]

I have had a bruce davis/ alive upgrade on my 2.2 and nothing available yet for the egr blocking of a 2.2, bruce is working on it.

[LoveB]

I thought BAS now had a method as well of taking out the gears?