egr valve on tdi passat

[passat tdi130]

people mention cleaning the egr valve on a volkswagen as to sometimes improve fuel usage... where is the egr and how shud it be cleaned...?? a picture of its location would be great as well unless it will really jump up and smack me in the face...lol thank's

[ashab02]

Hello
I would be intersted in finding this too.
Does anyone have an idea, pictures would be great.
Shab

[creedxup]

It's a shiny cylinder with a vacuum hose exiting from the centre, mounted on the exhaust manifold in the engine bay.

I've no idea how you clean it, caustic soda???

Chris

[Col]

You need to remove it from the car to clean it.

Once off, use carb cleaner or thinners and then rinse everything with brake cleaner.

Also make sure you have a new 'o' ring and manifold gasket just in case you damage the existing ones.

As for the location of it, you should get a Haynes manual as a minimum if you are considering doing any work on your car.

[65cabby]

Here it is

https://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/a...0&d=1179680191


and mine removed today for this exact job


all that it involves is to remove the engine cover plate and the air intake clap then the 3 hex bolts holding it to the manifold and the lower 12mm nuts to the exhaust.

[Andy N.I]

My egr valve is forever covered in oil is this right to have lots of oil round there???

Andy

[passat 130 tdi]

best take off all the pipes down to the intercooler and clean em out andy . mine had oil inside , but not to the extent of being literally covered as you say . THE worst one was the intercooler on the passenger side , it has a recess and was about an inch deep in black engine oil .