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Omega Help Area => Omega General Help => Topic started by: Rob James on 30 April 2010, 14:57:02

Title: EGR sticking
Post by: Rob James on 30 April 2010, 14:57:02

Hi,

Thanks to Mark DTM telling me to block my EGR I've found that was the cause of the car stalling. The questions are - can I clean it? should I replace it? is it ok to leave blocked long term? I've found the guide for cleaning the 2.2i, but is the 3.0 one the same?

Cheers,

Rob.

Title: Re: EGR sticking
Post by: Andy B on 30 April 2010, 14:58:33

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Hi,

Thanks to Mark DTM telling me to block my EGR I've found that was the cause of the car stalling. The questions are - can I clean it? should I replace it? is it ok to leave blocked long term? I've found the guide for cleaning the 2.2i, but is the 3.0 one the same?

Cheers,

Rob.

Mine's been blanked off for years  ;) :y

Title: Re: EGR sticking
Post by: TheBoy on 30 April 2010, 16:03:17

Blank it off.

About £120 new, few quid 2nd hand (even got one here myself), but not worth the bother.

If you really want it working, try cleaning it with paint stripper first, before replacing.

But don't bother, leave it blanked off.



Guess what I would do ;)

Title: Re: EGR sticking
Post by: PhilCavSRi130 on 30 April 2010, 23:11:22

Yep deffo better to block it off!! Might even give you a mile or 2 better fuel economy. I mean we all know that hot air is bad for engines which is why they fit intercooler and chargecoolers to turbo engines, so why have red hot exhaust gases being dragged into your engine through the EGR valve and giving you lower performance!!!
Had all on my cars blocked off for years.

Title: Re: EGR sticking
Post by: TheBoy on 01 May 2010, 08:52:10

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Yep deffo better to block it off!! Might even give you a mile or 2 better fuel economy. I mean we all know that hot air is bad for engines which is why they fit intercooler and chargecoolers to turbo engines, so why have red hot exhaust gases being dragged into your engine through the EGR valve and giving you lower performance!!!
Had all on my cars blocked off for years.

Blocking it off tends to reduce MPG ;), but on petrols, its negligible.

EGR is only used when cruising normally, and has the effect of reducing cc of engine (although on petrols, primary purpose is to reduce NO)

Title: Re: EGR sticking
Post by: PhilCavSRi130 on 02 May 2010, 00:33:48

Had the reverse effect on mine mate. Get 1 or 2 miles better to the gallon than when it was operating.