EGR Blanking?!?!

[lordpleb]

Hi there i am looking to remove the egr pipe between the exhaust and the EGR valve, and blank the two holes off with blanking plates.

A4 1.9TDI 1997 Engine AHU

The question i have is will this bring fault codes up on the ecu and will it trigger limp mode?

P.S. i will leave the EGR on the engine + plugged in.

[dan_1907]

Hey lordpleb :) i have the same engine in my mk3 golf and have blanked off my egr. With no faults or warning lights.

[cusford]

dan... did you make your own blanking plates? or did you buy them??
if you made them yourself, any chance of making me some at a price??

[dan_1907]

dan... did you make your own blanking plates? or did you buy them??
if you made them yourself, any chance of making me some at a price??
Yes i just made them myself out of a sheet of metal i found at work, and used a dremmal tool.
If you e-mail your address to dan_1907@hotmail.co.uk i will make you some hopefully tomorrow and aim to get them to you for monday (ish)
and as it only took me 10 mins, i will do them free of charge, just as long as you are aware they will be hand made and possibly not quite the same quality you might get from a shop (if you can even buy them anywhere?). But they'll do the job :)
Also is it an AHU engine? or similar?

[cusford]

Hi Dan,
I've emailed you, just incase its gone to your junk mail, you should have an email from cusford@hotmail.com

i dont know my exact engine code, but its a 1.9tdi 110bhp version, 1996 model.

Regards,
Marcus

P.S. thanks for making me some, i dont mind about the quality :)

[cusford]

dan - one more thing.

is it okay if you send me a couple of pics of how you've deleted the egr valve?
i know where it is, but i dont want to do anythign wrong :) thanks

[Paddy27]

Is there any chance of posting up some photos of before and after as i am looking at blanking off my EGR valve as well.

[cusford]

Any news on this? thanks :)

[lordpleb]

All i did is remove EGR Pipe Funny copperish one that connects to the back of the EGR and put blanking plates over each end and all is working fine.

[cusford]

All i did is remove EGR Pipe Funny copperish one that connects to the back of the EGR and put blanking plates over each end and all is working fine.

did you make your own blanking plates? just i dont have the tools to do this :(

[lordpleb]

No i brought some off of fleabay for about £10 including postage and then went to the *********** and got a gasket for each end (apparently you can reuse the old ones) then put some exhaust gasket sealer around both.

this is the one i brought:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/EGR-BLANKING-PLATE-FOR-VW-T4-T5-AUDI-ENGINES_W0QQitemZ220511709167QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK _Campervan_Caravan_Accessories?hash=item335785a7ef

[cusford]

then went to the what?? sorry its blanked out :(

[cusford]

oh,. and doesn't it improve throttle response when blanking the egr valve??

[lordpleb]

Dealer ship apparently you cant put st ea le rship all one word

im not sure about improving as i was fixing the car at the time as the exhaust was severely blocked and there was a boost leak. LOL got to love cars....

[cusford]

yep! one problem after another! but when they work its satisfying! :)

thanks for the help

[cusford]

parts ordered :) will do this once the parts arrive. also getting my middle box cut out and a straight pipe put on. will let you know how it goes.

do i just blank the vacuum pipe going to the top of the EGR? or leave it as it is?

[lordpleb]

i just left it attached?!

[cusford]

ah right :) just wanted to check

[wacky77]

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