Thread: EGR Valve Removal Success

Greetings,

Well I managed to fit the EGR removal kit supplied by B-A-S a week ago with reasonable success. Only took an afternoon after having to go to the local hardware store to get a 5mm hex drive as it was impossible to use a standard allen key on the exhaust manifold bolts. I thought some pics might be of interest also to prove that I did it. The valve is rather gunged up but apparently this is normal. Sorry they are a bit blurry but you get an idea of what condition the valve was in.

Manifold End


Intercooler End


End of Manifold


The gunge on the inside of the manifold was pretty thick too.

The only casualty of the execise was I managed to round off one of the exhaust manifold bolts when tightening it, I just hope Idont have to remove it again.

I was expecting an improvement in performance but not what followed. Under load at around 2800 RPM in 3rd, 4th or 5th the engine would falter and lose power. This was combined with a whistle/whirring noise. Bugga I thought, there goes the intercooler hose that I replaced 90,000km ago in Esperence at great cost. A search on this forum gave a few possiblities especially pointing to the hoses but I could not detect a fault in them.

I got in touch with my Disco doctor, Peter at PCB LandRover and he suggested to drop in on the way to work and he would have a look as he had an idea as to what the problem was. Well 15 minutes later I was off to work with the TD5 breathing nicely and issue free. Apparently the turbo wastegate modulator was not happy I had removed its friend the EGR. The quick fix was to replace the disgruntled modulator with a new one. I and my Land Rover are at one again .....................til next time.

Cheers

DaveF

01 S2 TD5, 2" OME Lift, CDL Actuated, Safari Snorkelled, Pirelli Scorpion 245/70/R16 At's, Sans EGR.

Well I’ve taken my EGR off including the water cooler and am looking to “complete” the removal by replacing the vacuum line with a non EGR vacuumed one.

On reading a thread on this forum about a possible oil leak if the lower left bolt attaching the water cooler was not replaced.

So when I got home tonight I had a look., my head has a “stud” coming out the bottom left but there seems to be an “oil” film over the front of the motor ?

While I’m not sure if the oil is coming from around the stud I’ll put the bolts back in with washers and see how it goes.

When researching the web and various fourms this was the only forum that mentioned this potential problem.

My TD5 defender is a 2001 model LR replaced the head and injectors under warranty. But I’m continuing to find production problems “but that’s the joy or LR”

Thanks again