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Mark3 LifeTime Member
Age: 61 Zodiac: Joined: 13 Feb 2009 Posts: 4016 Location: Rainham Village, Essex.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 14:59 Post subject: EGR Blanking tips |
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I fitted some very nice 6mm thick EGR blanking plates to my Paj today and thought i share some tips...
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the exhaust manifold port, if your thinking you havent got a gasket for this you already have one! separate the EGR valve and pipework and theres a nice metal gasket there thats a perfect fit for the exhaust manifold port.
Next is the vac pipe cap, the normal place to cap it off is next to the EGR valve but why bother keeping all the old control valves and vac pipes if not needed?
so i capped mine off at its source
then removed all the unwanted valves, pipes and hoses
il keep all the bits just in case it has to go back on, but it does make for a less cluttered engine bay |
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Walt *******
Age: 54 Zodiac: Joined: 01 May 2010 Posts: 2647 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 16:57 Post subject: |
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good work there Mark, nice and clean
out of interest, where did you get the blanking plates? |
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Mark3 LifeTime Member
Age: 61 Zodiac: Joined: 13 Feb 2009 Posts: 4016 Location: Rainham Village, Essex.
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Mark3 LifeTime Member
Age: 61 Zodiac: Joined: 13 Feb 2009 Posts: 4016 Location: Rainham Village, Essex.
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2011 17:47 Post subject: |
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BUT i didnt use the new nuts & bolts they supplied, there 13mm spanner size and from the factory they fit 12mm (no 13mm nuts/bolts on a jap car) and i got a thing about having the wrong size nuts & bolts so i brought a bag of 12mm spanner size M8 flange nuts to replace any 13s i find... the 12mm M8 bolts where the ones that held the pipe onto the egr valve.
yeah i know its silly but thats me, lol |
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kernow jon ****
Age: 75 Zodiac: Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 360 Location: Cornwall Gods own country
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 18:46 Post subject: |
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:DMark -
What an excellent write-up and pics. I fitted my blanking kit this weekend and whether or not your Paj has a smoking issue, it makes for such a cleaner, accessible engine bay.
When I trained (in electronics nearly 40 years ago) we were always taught the good engineering maxim of K.I.S.S. - Keep it simple stupid! Unfortunately over the years this has got lost. EGR is a recycle system to meet Californian and Japanese emmission regs - in theory it is a good idea - but in practice as we all know there are problems. In the UK our vehicles do not need EGR so it is better to remove it.
Jon |
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Walt *******
Age: 54 Zodiac: Joined: 01 May 2010 Posts: 2647 Location: Australia
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2011 18:51 Post subject: |
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I blanked mine a few weeks ago, and the result! wow better response, no smoke, and I can see that on idle my rev has gone up from 750rpm to touch of 800rpm, need to adjust the cable now, doesn't it show that the engine breaths better? and over time it might even save me on fuel! |
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kernow jon ****
Age: 75 Zodiac: Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 360 Location: Cornwall Gods own country
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 23:49 Post subject: |
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Just a little update. Since blanking my EGR - see previous post - We have just returned to Cornwall after a trip to Nottingamshire and back 660 miles mixed motorway and ordinary roads, towing a Freedom caravan weight approx 900 Kg no sign of overheating temp guage steady dead horizontal. No loss of power issues and no black smoke - Not bad for a vehicle with over 200,000 Km on the clock.
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Walt *******
Age: 54 Zodiac: Joined: 01 May 2010 Posts: 2647 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 23:53 Post subject: |
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kernow jon wrote: |
Just a little update. Since blanking my EGR - see previous post - We have just returned to Cornwall after a trip to Nottingamshire and back 660 miles mixed motorway and ordinary roads, towing a Freedom caravan weight approx 900 Kg no sign of overheating temp guage steady dead horizontal. No loss of power issues and no black smoke - Not bad for a vehicle with over 200,000 Km on the clock.
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well done mate, glad it's working fine for you |
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tonentrace ***
Age: 49 Zodiac: Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Posts: 150 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 15:40 Post subject: |
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That's the kit I'm planning to get when I do mine when the warrenty has run out. I felt the thicker blanking plate was a good idea. Glad to see someone else has used one and they all has gone well. |
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Walt *******
Age: 54 Zodiac: Joined: 01 May 2010 Posts: 2647 Location: Australia
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 18:19 Post subject: |
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tonentrace wrote: |
That's the kit I'm planning to get when I do mine when the warrenty has run out. I felt the thicker blanking plate was a good idea. Glad to see someone else has used one and they all has gone well. |
hi mate,
It will be a good idea to put your pride and joy's details on your signature, so that we know what kind of truck you got. As on some late models blanking the EGR ain't a good idea |
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tonentrace ***
Age: 49 Zodiac: Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Posts: 150 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 19:08 Post subject: |
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I updated the signiture strip earlier as I realised I hadn't put it in. I thought it would have shown on posts I had done. If it doesn't show when I post this I will go in and check what's wrong. |
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tonentrace ***
Age: 49 Zodiac: Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Posts: 150 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2011 19:08 Post subject: |
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tonentrace wrote: |
I updated the signiture strip earlier as I realised I hadn't put it in. I thought it would have shown on posts I had done. If it doesn't show when I post this I will go in and check what's wrong. |
That's better |
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angliapower Newbie
Age: 49 Zodiac: Joined: 14 Aug 2011 Posts: 4 Location: Norfolk
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 20:34 Post subject: |
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is there cooling pipes going to the EGR??????
if so what do you do with them.... |
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Walt *******
Age: 54 Zodiac: Joined: 01 May 2010 Posts: 2647 Location: Australia
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 20:48 Post subject: |
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angliapower wrote: |
is there cooling pipes going to the EGR??????
if so what do you do with them.... |
just a breather hose goes to the egr, you pull it out and block it with a screw |
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tonentrace ***
Age: 49 Zodiac: Joined: 18 Jul 2011 Posts: 150 Location: Lincolnshire
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Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2011 23:23 Post subject: |
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When you blanket off the EGR did you take the inlet manifold off to clean it?
I have just had a new head fitted and all new gasket should have been fitted, them only being fitted for a week will I get away with using the gasket already on or should I get new ones? |
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