Callum929 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Anyone have experience taking this off and cleaning it? Is it a job for a novice or better taking it to a garage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I would consider something like Terraclean which doesn't involve removal of the EGR and also cleans other parts of the engine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbdazza Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 egr is pretty easy to get off, only a couple of bolts. as is the inlet manifold. i'd take them both off nd wash with carb cleaner or petrol. having seen how thick the crap gets i would'nt trust any wonder treatment other than elbow grease. teraclean raises the combustion temps (supposedly) and cleans valves and your outlet (exhaust) (apparently), not sure what their write up on it is cleaning the inlet manifold, like. an option to do all of that, after you have scrubbed the built up crap on the inlet side would be to remove the air inlet pipe after the turbo, hold a wall paper stripper near it and allow it to suck the steam in whilst the car is at a good 2.5k revs for half 20 mins or so, final step, blank the EGR valve 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbdazza Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 you think some wonder treatment would get rid of all this coked on crud? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Wow...that is blocked...never seen one that bad before! EGR blanking plate on order then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbdazza Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 sorry i forgot to mention. if it does loosen up all that crud, where do you think it will go? hint; that is the air inlet! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rbdazza Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Trevor said: Wow...that is blocked...never seen one that bad before! EGR blanking plate on order then? too right. The EGR valve is there to reduce Nox by returning some of the exhaust fumes in to the air inlet at certain revs. we've all see the exhaust tip of a diesel, do you really want that being run through your air inlet and back in to your engine? the more exhaust gasses returned means less o2, less o2 means lower MPGs. Nox, isn;t the problem these days, its particulates. EGRs create more particulates (soot)! honestly... Blank them, blank them all!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I totally agree....EGR was only there for the manufacturers to produce and sell vehicles to comply with the EURO regulations much like AdBlue and DPF....once you buy it, rip it all out....it's not needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad-B5 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 I'd recommend some very strong bleach (joking! damn that's bad! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Callum929 Posted February 10, 2017 Author Share Posted February 10, 2017 jeez, that is bad lol Will eventually get it removed but until I can afford to get it removed and a remap a good clean will do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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