Clogged intake. All the crud that came out of the EGR. I had to clean the vanes on my turbo, they would seize up with all the carbon and go into limp mode and overboost. pic of turbo's intake side. We had to heat up the cast iron casing and tape with hammer to separate it. Exhaust side. Dirty vanes. Clean vanes. In this video is shown how to remove and replace egr valve on skoda fabia with 1.6tdi engine. basically it's a simple job. the EGR valve is the round aluminum thing on top-left of the engine, right under cover, facing you as you open the hood. you'll see the air intake hose coming from the pass. side headlight going into the intake; well, the EGR is the valve that the hose leads to. all you have to do is undo the 3 hex bolts holding it Re: VW Polo 1.9 TDi (74 kW) EGR & Intake Manifold Cleaning. by Chuck_Norris » Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:07 am. This is the difference in the flow, right is the 74kw and left is 96kw intake manifold. Most of the scrap yards throw the egr valve in for free as it is a bit bigger. Bolt patterns is the same. Re: Seat Alhambra EGR valve problem (again) February 14, 2019, 09:59:54 AM #7. As above, the EGR is normally only open at low revs and cold engine. This both allows for a quicker warmup and reburns exhaust which is loaded with unburnt hydrocarbons from rich cold mixture, thereby reducing air pollution. If you do mostly short journeys where Dec 29, 2014. #2. It's not an expensive mod, but its also kind of fallen off in popularity. When I started modding my jetta the EGR delete was just part of the recipe. These days removing that system is much more uncommon. Keeping the EGR has an advantage in that the engine coolant heats up quicker. EGR Fault- Advice needed! I've got a 2010 2.0 TDI A3 with approximately 33,000 on the clock. The other day I had the glow plug dash light start flashing while driving, the engine management light, and the car went into limp mode. A diagnostic check said it was an EGR fault, so I bought a can of Wynns EGR cleaner and used that at the weekend Same with if you fit an Allard power pipe. this removes the egr valve totally will definately show up a fault as our BKD engines have an electrical plug on the EGR valve. apparently some tuning companies can remove the fault with a remap but not heard if VAG-COM/VCDS could do the same. there are a number of TDI site that whow how to do it .

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