Thread: Minor disaster, help needed....

G'day folks,

on the way home i stopped in to the local exhaust shop and had my middle muffler removed from my TD5 Disco, am happy with the result. Got home and popped the bonnet to have a look at my next project, the EGR Valve.

As i was moving pipes and following where they go i moved one of the pipes , running from the coolant expansion tank to the heat exchanger connected to the EGR valve, and it shattered spraying my newly changed coolant into my eyes and all over the engine.

This has now become a good time to remove the EGR completely as the disco is stationary untill i repair the blown pipe.

What i need to know from those more experienced that me with this type of EGR set-up is,
What do i do with the coolant pipes connected to the heat exchanger once i've removed the EGR valve and blanked the exhaust?
There are two pipes, one from the expansion tank to the heat exchanger and one from the heat exchanger to the block(i think).
Do i leave them connected as they were before and just let the coolant circulate through the heat exchanger, or can i remove both pipes from the heat exchanger and simply join them, thus bypassing the exchanger?

Thanks for any advice,
Phill

Originally Posted by Feral

I found the same problem when I removed the ERG valve. I went all the way and removed the manifold to clean it all out. Its not that hard and adds about 1.5 hours to the job.

As for the spelling....I know, but Ron will be along shortly

I've scraped as much of the crud out as i could without removing the inlet manifold. Did you need a new gasket for the inlet manifold after you removed it? It lookes like i won't be working tomorrow so can spent the day sorting the disco out.