Cleaning the EGR and Inlet on a GT

[Greg Roles]

if a CEL is the only negative repercussion of running a complete blank off plate, that's nothing - my airbag light has been on ever since i took off the steering wheel like 8 months ago.

this is probably doubling up on questions, but did you notice better response / acceleration / grunty torque, as a result of no EGR, greg?

No difference with EGR delete, the drivability difference came with getting rid of the EGR / anti shudder flap, another recommended thing to do, but unplugging that from the loom does indeed put it into limp mode, and throws major errors if you have a DPF when it tries to regen. Am working on that solution, but it is a far harder delete, on the 2.0 at least.

Sort your airbag dude!!

[Buller_Scott]

No difference with EGR delete, the drivability difference came with getting rid of the EGR / anti shudder flap, another recommended thing to do, but unplugging that from the loom does indeed put it into limp mode, and throws major errors if you have a DPF when it tries to regen. Am working on that solution, but it is a far harder delete, on the 2.0 at least.

Sort your airbag dude!!

thanks for the info, greg! those plates might be a worthy little investment from the point of view of less soot in the intake mani.

as for the airbag - i can only really think of one way to test if it's working still, but that might be a tad expensive

[benough]

My reducing gasket has finally come in. I got the manifold gasket as well as the o-rings for the EGR.

I'm going to have a crack over the LWE.

[Greg Roles]

The kick in the nuts is EGR creates more soot....get that limiter on there!

[benough]

I've had my first mechanical set back ever today.

I got all but 1 bolt out of the manifold but I couldn't get the EGR off.

I took pics of the bolts (the upper is a torx and the lower is a hex) but all my by torx/hex bits either slipped or were too big. Which is odd b/c you can undo %50 of a Golf 5 with a T25 bit.

I have the EGR page from ERWIN but it doesn't have instructions, just an exploded diagram.

LINK

Feel like a n00b that it defeated me

[benough]

Anyone????

[gldgti]

I read your post as a statement....haha

What is it you need to know? You need to buy better tools???

Also a little confused what you are trying to remove - are you attempting to remove the entire EGR circuit, with the cooler and everything or just the inlet valve and throttle body? Or none of the above?

Not having a stab, just confused what you want

[benough]

Well I have Kinchrome stuff which has been great so far and undid EVERYTHING else.

The section between the rubber hose from the intercooler and the start of the plastic manifold.

I would call that the throttle and the EGR control flap. I understand I need to remove this to get to the manifold bolts.

[gldgti]

sorry, yeah not having a stab at your tools either per se - i have plenty of kinchrome tools.

you have GT right? Surely greg can help.... for an 8V i know its just the three bolts but for you I don't know.

Sometimes it will be stuck on with age/heat/gasket etc.... from the diagram I would say there are 5 bolts that need to be removed to get it off.... so you only got 4 of them???

[Greg Roles]

Three bolts mate, starting from the lower EGR flap section, remove the two front and the long hidden rear one. Unplug and yank off the flap mechanism. Two bolts to go to remove the EGR inlet from the manifold, and you obviously need to unbolt the EGR inlet pipe.

You need to remove this part to get the one, recessed and hidden bolt in the manifold inlet throat itself. All the other bolts are on the exterior of the manifold. Check my pics from the second tinker thread.

Once you've done it, it will all make perfect sense....don't beat yourself up, we all struggle at times!