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delta39
Joined: 05 Apr 2008 Posts: 106 Location: Cambridgeshire
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 16:12 Post subject: EGR valve |
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Hi all.
Could anyone tell me if blanking off the EGR valve will result in higher fuel consumption please?
Regards David. |
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YOZA
Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 2423 Location: The centre of the universe
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 17:14 Post subject: |
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I don't know, but what I do know is that Mitsubishi put there for a reason.
I have blanked my EGR, for 4 months or so.
Then decided to take it off fix it, and clean it.
I do this now every 6 months, its easy to do.
Simply take out the two bolts holding it to alloy manifold with a 12mm socket, then take off two nuts holding the brown/copper pipe to the exhaust manifold with the same socket.
Disconnect the vac pipe and take the unit to the garage/shed.
There you can take off the brown/copper pipe, again two bolts, same socket, this will leaving you with the valve alone.
The valve has a plunger connected to bellows, clean the plunger end, and inside the chamber with a flat bladed screw driver, chip away at the carbon until the plunger moves up and down freely.
Check its movement using the handle end of a screwdriver by pressing down on the plunger, once its moving freely, and closing on its own power, ie opening and closing the apperture, leave it in a jar of petrol for a hour or so.
Going back to it every now and again and scrub it with a stiff paintbrush, do this a few times...... Then re-fit.
One fully working EGR valve, like our Japanese friends designed it.
Also go to forum titled EGR and there are lots of " fors and againsts " for blanking the valve, and lots of photos too. _________________ Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.... |
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Lewis Site Admin
Joined: 25 May 2006 Posts: 16299 Location: Huddersfield
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 17:26 Post subject: Re: ERG valve |
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delta39 wrote: |
Hi all.
Could anyone tell me if blanking off the EGR valve will result in higher fuel consumption please?
Regards David. |
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andyj
Joined: 08 Sep 2006 Posts: 2412 Location: up norf
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 19:20 Post subject: |
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to be honest the egr is just there to prevent the release of nitrogen dioxide which is part of the jap emissions test.. as the poor buggers tend to live in valleys as most of japan is mountainous, so its like LA with their smog problem, but nitrogen dioxide goes towards making acid rain
from what I've read on the paj forum UK shoguns with the same engine as ours (4m40) didn't have this fitted in the uk
the EGR makes the engine rebreathe the exhaust fumes at certian throttle settings, so it lowers the combustion temp = less nitrogen dioxide
as per the fuel consuption thing, no idea! i should imagine having an engine breathing cold clean air will perform better than one breathing is own output |
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pitbull2001 Lifetime member
Joined: 19 Dec 2004 Posts: 1381 Location: Tenby, West Wales
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Posted: Sat Oct 10, 2009 19:41 Post subject: |
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some people thinks it does something to combustion temperatures when its working..Can't see it myself making much difference..All i can say is for the past 5 years been running a blanked off egr, and where prior to blanking the egr i used to have smoke on acceleration, it now burns cleaner than my 53 plate diesel mondeo in that there is no smoke apart from a cold start up. _________________ i gotttttt a Delica |
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