Can it be this easy? EGR Cleaner Spray - cured? Berlingo poor running Pt3
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- We didn't expect this to work at all! Lucas Oils EGR and Turbo Cleaner put to the test with our sickly Berlingo HDi turbo diesel. Mind you, we did nearly have a runaway scenario. Be careful folks... #diesel #EGR #cheapfix
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This is classic HubNut, filmed on a phone doing slightly dangerous sh*t 😂...
When the car is rocking - don't come knocking
I also perfer my Belingos shaken not stirred.
I had a Zafira turbo diesel run away on me once, when the turbo oil seals failed... it was indeed quite frightening at first but I was able to drop it in to top gear, drop the clutch and stand hard on the brakes, which killed it. Then there was just the matter of waiting 2 hours to recover me from just outside Basingstoke. Fortunately it was a company car, and was soon fixed, and eventually racked up 250k miles before being sold!
I’m thinking of hooking up a CO2 dump system into my range Rover in case anything like this happens as it’s 15 years old now
Those EGR valves can be an absolute nightmare - really pleased you have got it sorted for relatively little outlay.
Love the diesels of this period
They're still nowhere near as bad as Diesel Particulate Filters. They are one of the stupidest things they've ever fitted to a car.
@@ryanwilliams6526 I agree - they can be a real pain if they get clogged. The Italian tune-up method works well, as it allows the DPF to heat up and properly burn off all the crap. I've driven diesel cars for about 15 years, but got tired of fixing the errors around the whole emissions system. Back to driving a naturally aspirated petrol engine now.
@@ryanwilliams6526 honestly, no, dpf's are waaaaaay less of a pain in the ass than EGR Systems, this comes from someone who exclusively works on diesels, we rarely get clogged DPF's, but we see clogged intakes and EGR systems all the time.
@@aaaabababa That's a fair point.
It's just that, in my experience, EGR valves aren't usually too bad of a job to clean or replace when they become clogged, but DPFs are a lot bigger of a job.
Also, it means that you can't really have a diesel if you do short journeys anymore, as it will certainly get clogged.
I fail to see the environmental benefits of DPFs too, since all they do is collect up the harmful particles, and then waste tons of diesel getting the engine hot, just to release them all straight into the environment anyway.
Having owned Diesels for year's the best thing for them is a good blowout on the Motorway and the worst thing you can do is short runs especially in winter.
I've seen Diesels that have been used mainly around town fail there MOT,s on excessive emissions and after being given a blast up the motorway 🛣 they then fly thru the test.😉😊👍👍👍
Brilliant result. Bella lives on, and drives like she should. Bravo to Lucas Oils EGR and Turbo Cleaner and your good selves. Also, to the mobile mechanic for pointing the finger to the problem.
Reminds me of winding my son when he was a baby and crying his eyes out. After a bit of patting on the back over my shoulder, suddenly you would get a massive burp and he'd be fast asleep.
I'm glad I witnessed this. It's the only time I've ever seen an additive type treatment do anything whatsoever. Really hope this lasts for you.
You shaking the Berlingo to mix the magic juice with the diesel reminded me of an anecdote I once heard when working for major oil company, then one of The Seven Sisters. They'd had a substantial order for a particular blend of oil, but the blending machine was out of order. So they put the ingredients in the right quantities in a tank truck and drove it a few times round the refinery to blend it, then delivered it to the customer. I can not guarantee that it was a true story, but I could well imagine that it was.
A bit like running a two stroke M/C to mix the oil and petrol after parked up for a time. A neighbour was often spotted shaking his BSA Bantam on a winter morning when his car wouldn't start.
Another anecdote, same oil company as above, but no longer related to this video: They once built a refinery that had one single access road, somewhere in Greece. With a railway bridge over the access road. All went well until the first tanker came to pick up its load. But it would not fit under the railway bridge. So they had to dig out the road under the railway bridge before they could ship products from the refinery.
Yep true story, I do it most days with lube oils.
So a scary diesel runaway redline from death did the trick!
What I suggest whilst you have the injector cleaner in, is to the drive Bella like you stole her, really redline the engine and get those revs up, because diesel is notorious for producing particulates
Given the age of Bella, it's likely that carbon build up in the EGR, plus injectors being a little clogged too that the engine was starved of fuel and air meaning it was missing
The injector cleaner will clean the injectors and also the combustion chambers too, you may experience additional black smoke whilst that is occurring, I would perform an additional EGR cleaning after the injector cleaning has occurred, to remove any additional deposits that may come from the combustion chambers
But I'm glad Bella is better than ever, YAY FOR BELLA!! ❤
To stop EGR issues, make sure you do more frequent oil changes. I can tell you from experience, sister's car, that 10k is far too long between changes.
Never used egr cleaner but I have used injector cleaner on a 1994 tractor that was blowing black smoke and was hard starting. It worked so well that I did not change the injectors and since then put some in my four year old Mitsubishi L200 (which did not blow smoke) but it improved the running so much that I use it every ten tanks or so, the engine runs smoother and quieter using it, I have since used it on a chinese generator set that was blowing black smoke from new and it stopped that as well. So yes injector cleaner works.
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I was sceptical initially but that really seems to have done the trick. Maybe spaying into the intake while holding a fast idle perhaps to avoid future run away scenarios? Thanks for the upload Ian
Bottle of EGR cleaner I just picked up does say hold 1500-1800 rpm and spray for a X number of seconds
Great, pull Bob out!. One tip, get some high grade diesel every now and then, this helps keeping the injectors clean on older diesels.
Sounds like the egr valve was either stuck partially open or wasn't fully closing, so introducing exhaust gas to the inlet when it shouldn't! I can strongly recommend a diesel engine cleaner, JLM extreme clean. Use that every 6 months and it will clean and prevent accumulation of carbon and fuel residue throughout the intake, exhaust,fuel system and turbo, it really works well.
Forgot to include that this treatment is added to the fuel tank, so easier and more convenient than spraying into the intake or egr directly.
Used a can of Turbo/EGR valve cleaner on my old Volvo C30 with the 2.0 hdi engine. It said hold the revs at 1500rom when using the spray. Had a big improvement.
Modern diesel intake manifolds often get coked up with carbon from the EGR unless they do long journeys. Your potions seemed to have done the trick! Well done! Love the Debbie Maggie demos of the product!
I'm still getting over the fact that you read the instructions lol. Glad you have sorted it both
In your short video of Bella this morning, i literally thought you had miss-fuelled her and she was trying to run on petrol. Now i know why! Going forward it may be worth regularly putting an additive in the tank or filling with premium fuel once in a while.
Saved my Vivaro. Awesome product. Sadly with the 20mph limits on roads it’s killing diesels, but this revived my van. Thanks
It is great that it worked for you. You must really be relieved that the engine is now working so well. It is likely no different than when I have removed a PCV from a gas engine and cleaned it out with degreaser. The issue is the build up of crud inside that stops it from functioning properly. It is nice that you were able to clean it without removing it. Glad there is a cleaner that actually does what it claims. Enjoy your new car!
So the mechanic in a can worked 🎉🎉 congrats!
WooHoo!
I cleaned the EGR plate on my Insight last month and it's been running WAY better since.
Excellent video as usual, I once witnessed a runaway on a Scania bin lorry, evacuated the workshop and waited until it blew to bits....that was scary 😮😮
I saw a daf 95 do the same but took a brave pill got the intake off covered in oil and blocked the intake which stopped the engine. This is why ASV valves are fitted to modern diesels
I removed and cleaned the EGR valve on my Saxo. It was a real pain to get to but was well worth it in the end.
ALWAYS do that with some engine rev. Meaning set it around 1800 to 2500 rpm than spray it.
It won't accumulate and as such won't "runaway"! 🙂
Ah, not the re-mapping I thought it may have been earlier, as for Redex, oh god the memories of that stuff, my dad LOVED using it, pouring it right down the intake of his carburetted cars, creating such a smoke screen you'd be forgiven for thinking a diesel was indeed running away, the worst one being his Mk2 Cavalier estate, that thing produced major clouds... :S
I'm 76 and years ago I did the same as your dad, dribbled half a bottle
slowly down the carb air intake and then put the rest in the tank, this on
the advice of a well respected car mechanic finishing off with an Italian
tune up along the Weston Avenue, as I used to do a lot of stop start motoring
this procedure worked a treat. I still put a dose in my cars tank every now
and again or when doing a long motorway run, probably no need these
days what with modern petrol but old habits die hard.
Surely Miss Hubnut is too young to remember Vision On? In case you're wondering, the music 'Left Bank Two' was used as the intro to the viewer gallery section.
Another perfect video. Thanks HubNuts! I've personally experienced sooooo many EGR valve nonsense over the years.
A dose of cough medicine. Bella is now ok. Really pleased you got her to feel better.
So in essence you gave Bella an automotive laxative 😉
More like colonic irrigation ;-)
You two are made for each other ❤
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this but other brands or EGR/Intake cleaner say to apply acceleration when spraying in which stops the pooling in the pipe work as it applys suction into the system. Thanks for sharing because EGRs are usually a pain to get to. ✌
Lucas Transmission fix stopped my ancient Mercedes transmission from slipping a while back and gave it a second life, they make amazing products
Pressed the like button when they started to rock the car....Completely Hilarious
Glad to hear that this Lucas Spray has no relation whatsoever to the Lucas"prince of darkness", and that Bella is running smooth! Good job!
That severe knocking when the stuff is squirted in really makes my "mechanical sympathies" gland twitch! A horrible noise!
Amazing result, glad its improved so drastically
So nice to come home late at night and be able to relax to this video after an intense week where I have had to take care of moving my mum home from temporary housing and also oversee psykiatric care for my brother while also trying to find a new job. Spending some time in the Hubnutverse is a much welcomed break. Great to see Bella back to fully functioning again, greetings from Denmark and my Ruthy the Wagon R+ and Claus the VW Caddy ;-)
Gosh. Well done you. Pleased to provide a distraction!
Nice to see some sponsors getting behind hub nut👍
Yeah , bout time , they deserve it .
It’s a part that’ll be around £50 but it cripples the motor in a horrible way. Don’t think our XUD powered C15 has one but knowing my luck my day will come.
For a split second I thought that Ian and Mrs. Hubnut, inspired by French protests, would roll-over the Berlingo and set it alight 😜
I'm quite sad about those scenes in the news! Free the Berlingos!
@@HubNut Liberté, égalité, Citröenité
Nice one Ian and Carly. the planets in the constellation aligned and with some squirts of the magic potion and the fairy dust seems to have done the job with a bang. It's great to see Bella out and about on the road without the tummy trouble following the 'event' of terror. Many thanks for sharing.
I wonder if it would be worth speaking to the guys at Terraclean and see if they can give the engine a deep carbon clean and do a little CZcams feature on the process?
Thats a fantastic idea.. still do not understsnd how they do an engine carbon clean, it would be a top video and would be very interesting
Just purchased the charger via your link. It was 35.99 not 45.99 as you stated in the description. Hope you get a cut...
Bargain!
I hate to be a sceptic but I think it’s the tank additive that’s given you the better running. I’ve gone through both processes independently on my VW. When I removed the EGR oily crud was 5mm thick all round, I cleaned it out by hand as the intake spray cleaner barely touched it but realised the turbo and intake valves were still going to be coated. Using tank additive does help give smother running and better economy.
Thanks for another entertaining video, folks.🙂
The tank additive wouldn't have an instant effect though. I suspect it wasn't even supping it when I began the treatment.
You should always build your revs in a diesel, changing to fourth gear at 25 mph is your problem, especially with an already sooty intake. Take all the intake off as well as the egr valve & give it a good decoke as it'll just keep coming back
A diesel is meant to lug. These don't really like going beyond 3000rpm anyway. If they didn't think they should be pulling at 1500rpm, they could quite easily prevent them from doing so.
@@HubNut yes I fully agree but this concept is challenged on your diesel engine because of the add on of the egr & also the dpf.
These anti breathing systems choke a diesel engine & as such you have to find it's happy spot in its power band. Older diesel engines without a turbo are slow but have loads of torque, newer diesels with turbo's still have the torque but you have to be in the rev band for the turbo to operate, add the egr to the equation & you're using second hand dirty air that again operates at a certain rev band. Now,put the dpf on you need to operate at a higher rev band to generate the heat so the regen can perform.
Constant driving at low revs is the best for mpg but you have to attain the speed first as you put undue stress on the cranks.
Put all this with the way they build modern engines well it's a recipe for failure, especially with heat pressed cranks.
They stopped making decent diesels in the late 90s IMHO 👍
Ps when a bureaucrat is telling us how to build engines we are doomed 😂
Good old Italian tune up comes to mind 😂
A runaway success!
Never a dull moment on Hubnut that’s for certain!!!!!
"it works, but we nearly died" That's how you know that it's definitely not sponsored 😁
Great to see Bella running well, lets hope the fix lasts.
Hurrah! Bob will be happy. 😊
What I found on an 02 belingo van (2 litre hdi), I had some time ago, was that the cheap diesel sold at supermarkets was extremely bad for the engine. Coked it up something awful. So I started using the 'supreme' diesel at other outlets. Yes, it's more expensive, but in the long run, the engine runs so much better and fuel consumption becomes so much better too. The 'supreme' diesel has cleaners in it. I recently bought an mpv similar in year to this vid. Now I alternate between adding a cleaner into the tank when I fill up and using the most expensive diesel at the pump (not at a supermarket). The car goes like a rocket. So the moral to this story is....... Fuel consumption is between 57 and 65 mpg locally. Not bad for an old car. And it's a 2 litre HDI.
I can absolutely highly recommend you use millers eco max. Every 3 months to keep your engine running sweet as a nut. My 160 000 miles shogun loves it and has the same emissions it was born with.
I wonder if EGR cleaner is the same as brake cleaner but with a different label on the can?
Pretty much just panel wipe judging by the smell I reckon.
I have actually done a full cleaning of the entire intake system of my 320d and what you find is dusty carbon (sooth) caked to the EGR valve, the intake manifold will have a coating of a tarry substance made of sooth(from EGR)+oil (from the sump ventilation). The intake ports and valves will also have a cake of carbon on them.
After fixing all that i have sworn to never buy a diesel car again. Clean diesels don't exist. (Regardless of what VW used to claim.)
@@jfv65if you delete the egr valve and clean the intake it will stay clean for the rest of the engines life.
@@Everything_EvanI'm going to do that in a 2005 Kia Sportage Crdi 👍
What a relief guys - at last it seems like a bit of good fortune, fingers crossed it is now cured of it's bucking -buck and miss ( to be honest I had to rewind and check as I thought you were a bit sweaty !)
Sweary
Fingers crossed she’s fixed.glad you caught Bella before she ran away and popped
OK, that’s more encouraging. Maybe Bella will be fit to tow Bob again! 😅
Nice one! Glad that a magic potion actually worked for you for once! I'm sure Bob will be delighted.
Glad Bella seems to be better, the EGR must have been a bit dirty / sticky, rather than absolutely caked in carbon, as even soaking in a bucket of petrol doesn't always work, without manual intervention, on really coked up parts.
ABSALOUTLY brilliant video Ian miss hubnut ❤👍 glad you fixed Bella brilliant
Well done you two. That got it off her chest!
Love the “Rock the car” method….. I would do (and have done) exactly the same! 😆
Knew it would EGR related. I’ve had these symptoms on two different cars - a Civic 2.2 and an Astra 1.9. On both, removing the valves (as on those engines they were very accessible) and cleaning them with brake cleaner was enough and utterly transformed the cars. The Civic especially - it was like a new car after that and the torque was immense. Anyway, happy days! Hubnut rocking, near-death experience and fatal fumes were all worth it!
When I was an apprentice, over forty years ago, I knew a chap who had seen a V8 diesel run away on a test bed. By the time someone had found a hacksaw and cut the fuel line, it was running on engine oil. They evacuated the building and waited for the bang. When it came, the bang was the sound of one of the cylinder heads trying to punch through the wall!
Yikes! If you can't stall it, the only way to stop one is to block the air intake. Dangerous game!
I keep my fingers crossed for you, may Bella be fixed!
I think you frightened the EGR valve into working again
We’ve had similar success using mr muscle and you don’t get the chance of it running away as it’s more water based rather than alcohol
Best wishes
Some advice I found when I had my first Fiat Multipla diesel in 2002 was to drive the car like a petrol. Use plenty of revs setting off and always use the engine quite hard by making sure it revs. This beds the engine in better, protects the dual mass flywheel and does a better joke of keeping the EGR clear. So many people drive a diesel like a tractor, then complain when they have problems related with judder and poor breathing.
I like diesels primarily because of the low-rev manner in which they drive. A good "Italian tune up" every now and then is a good idea though.
Succes 🎉! Well done , for now!? Perhaps repeat the treatment in a while!? And miss Hubnut deserves an intence kiss of life! After that near death experience 😵!!! 😂😂😂 love you guys! 🏴 🇳🇱
Ian watch the smart charger and not let your batteries go too low, smart chargers need a bit of power to kick them to life, if the battery goes too low it will sit forever and never charge.
The ninth circle of hell - removing the EGR from a vectra with the isuzu V6 diesel. Glad things worked out.
Really pleased for you both (survived diesel runaway and achieved a soltion) :)
UUUmmmmm Ian, maybe you should just leave it to Miss Hubnut , fair play she has some knowledge .Seems to know more every week , and so keen .Really make a great duo , seem to bounce off each other really well .Great Vid as usual .
I enjoyed the little Derek Bieri reference there... reigned in just in time by your pedagogical temperament.
Oh yes. And I changed the oil every 3 thousand miles. That keeps the turbo clean too. Also, when stopping the engine at the end of a journey, leave it on tick-over for 10 seconds, before switching off. This allows oil to get to the turbo. If the engine is switched off straight away, the turbo bearing, which is still spinning, is doing so dry, as no oil is being pumped round. This will defo shorten its life.
I have done this often with my Ford 2.0 tdci. When the EGR and Turbo is a bit dirty it could help.. The most important thing for using of that stuff is, the engine must me warm and do not arise 200 rp/m when using that stuff. After a while, stop the engine for 15-20 minutes and after that take your car for a 'test run'.
"And yet we continue, because we are stupid." Yes, that is my general approach to things, too :)
Ahh - an unintentional italian tune-up😮. Glad youve got Bella sorted now
What. A. Result. Nice one! Never thought I'd see the day where petrol engines were simpler than diesels though.
I removed the EGR cooler and whole EGR system just a couple of days ago, because I had to do it to get access for changing the thermostat and water pump om my BMW.
Took the opportunity to clean them and the intake pretty thoroughly with a vacuum cleaner and scraper tool. Didnt really make a difference that I could tell though, I think it wasnt all that bad beforehand, just a millimeter of carbon buildup along the edges or so. I guess some regular high speed autobahn driving and relatively low milage of the car was to my benefit.
Nice to see an easy fix. On petrols I always spray electronics cleaner if the run rough to clean the idle control valve.
When I bought my berlingo 1.6 diesel it refused to start a couple of times an eventually completely cut out at a t junction. Turns out it was the egr valve, got it replaced due to the severity of the breakdown and not had any problems since
Easier to get at the EGR on a 1.6!
Oven cleaner, that's all you need. Make sure you remove any inline sensors or spray further up into the air intake.
Great result !, very few people understand that common rail diesels of this era (DPF & EGR) need to be worked very very hard for really long periods if you want them to stay healthy, I have had similar results spending an hour on the motorway in third gear at 3000 rpm, conversely pootling around for months on end usually causes big problems. Great that the cleaner worked though.
I've always done that with a few revs held on the engine, it stops that awful bogging down noise and it takes the cleaner through the system, rather than letting it sit as yours did.
It all went very HubNut :) 😊
Italian tune-up in a tin. Win win!
Hi guys. I had a citroen guy recommend Cataclean8 for my c4 after it started throwing up faults for egr, lambda sensors etc. Worked miracles, seriously, both the fuel line in to the exhaust, including the combustion Chambers. Pricy at £18. Its a tank additive. But saved me from having to replace my egr, lambda sensors and catalytic converter! They do a petrol and diesel version, and it's the best of anything I have tried.
Well done! I wish I'd had somebody suggest spraying this Lucas stuff into the EGR of my 2002 C5 2.2 Hdi Exclusive 136 about 10 years ago when "Sarkozy's Revenge", as I began to call him, started misbehaving and limiting himself to barely 3000rpm (and that was the least of my problems; don't mention the dual-mass flywheel failing, been there, got the T-shirt; and his oil incontinence all over the starter motor from the turbo...) I'm sure he would at least have stopped going into limp-home mode, which was positively embarrassing on a motorway or dual carriageway with a modest incline... and then he was a right bu**er, he would get up to over 80mph (130 Km/h) with gravity assistance on the down side beyond the crest of the hill...
Mr. Muscle oven cleaner spray also does a good job too.
I feel your pain. I have an Alfa Romeo 159 2.0JTDM with an EGR valve that's stuck open (NO power below 2000rpm!). On these cars with the 1.9 engine, the EGR valve sits right at the top and takes about 3 minutes to remove. In my 2.0JTDM engine, it is literally three quarters of the way down the back of the engine, with a tiny gap that even a new born baby's hand could not fit in. It's just impossible. I can't even see how a garage could get to it. Way to go Fiat/GM..... place a valve known to get clogged up needing regular cleaning in the most inaccessible place in the engine bay!
"That's way too much"... 👍😁
You most definitely brought the thunder and maybe fed her to many onions..
On the basis that most of the solvent ought to get burnt going through the engine, before it gets to the EGR, I'm amazed that this works.
Something new learnt.
I suspect some of the issue is where the EGR meets the intake - all manner of goop in that area.
The problem with the EGR on diesels is that the soot coming from the exhaust is mixed with the fine oil mist coming up the intake. This oil usually comes from the PCV - diesels have a lot of blowby that is returned in the intake airstream. Some have oil separators in the PCV, some don’t. Also, turbo seals might leak. Anyway, the oil mixed with soot makes for a nasty sludge that gets deposited on the EGR and in the intake.
I've not held much store in gunks and potions for cars but I'm well pleased for you that its done the business!
Our neighbours car runaway several years ago, it is very unnerving!
I did comment on this possibility a couple of months ago in your "What's up with my Berlingo now? Compression loss?" video... so NER!
If the Belingo is rocking....don't come a knocking
Back when I was a child, my parents used to have a late 70s VW Golf Diesel. The poor thing suffered from a lot of issues during its life; one of them was we frequently had some really bad runaways. The first one occurred on our way home from a trip to Luxemburg. Sitting in the back, I was listening to my little portable radio and suddenly, as my father wanted to change gears, the enigine started screaming and stinking very badly. Turning off the key eventually stopped the engine after antoher 5 very long seconds... But, I really was very scared; my heart beated the same RPM as the engine I geuss. :-) After we (and the poor engine) recovered a bit, my father restarted the engine, but as soon as it started, it imediately went to full blast again, stopping after 5 seconds when turned off. So, it took us a few more tries to get the engine back to normal, so we could continue our trip. Anyway, as you told us about the runaway of your Berlingo, I seemed to be able to feel exactly the same as you did. :-) Glad to hear your Berlingo is fixed, that is of course the most important of this all.
Trust me it won't last! The EGR cleaner will work for a little while but the best way is remove the EGR and manually clean it out or just replace it.
Given what an absolute sod it is to get at, I think I'll just buy the occasional tin of cleaner.
@@HubNut Yep, they don't put them in the easiest of places to get to and replace!
I had a bit of a drama with my focus 2.0 duratec oddly it has an EGR, even though it's a petrol engine.
I cleaned mine with a similar aerosol cleaner and it worked, for several hundred miles...
Then clogged again, I just unplugged it, problem solved, it will actually run just fine as long as it is closed, obviously it throws up an engine light, oddly it didn't when the EGR was actually faulty and plugged in!
In the end a rather fussy MOT tester didn't approve of my unplugging EGR solution, several others previously didn't bat an eyelid at my fix, in fact they mostly agreed it probably runs better without it and my emissions were always well within tolerance.
So I had to replace it, just getting to it is a major pain and full on 'open heart surgery'.
Once you get access you have to unplumb the coolant, as mine is tied into the coolant temp.
Of the 3 bolts that good it on, 1 is quite easily undone, the next is a world of hassle to undo and the final one underneath, requires the fingers of an orangutan, double jointed ones at that and the dexterity of a Romanian pickpocket, it also requires the holy grail of sockets as every one I.have is just a fraction too long, a spanner is no good, a ring spanner impossible, luckily I found a socket, literally in the road, so low profile it only just fits, it still fouls the thermostat housing but at a slight angle you can get just enough purchase on it to very slowly undo it without rounding it off.
You can only turn it about 5⁰ before you have to relocate the socket which is on a flexible joint, a small extention, another flexible joint and a longer extention on to the socket wrench!
So to turn it one full turn takes around 70 repetitions of the above, it takes lots of swearing, scuffed knuckles and sweat 😓
Replacement is just the good old reversal procedure process...😲😁
I managed the seemingly impossible, next time it fails, I will just delete it, apparantly there is a blanking plate, I guess the EGR just stays plugged in but not attached to the engine for the ECU to 'think' it's still working? 😳😁
I found 2 used EGR gaskets in and around where I took the old one off, so counting the one that was on it and the one I just put on, that's 4 EGR replacements in 130k miles but probably 20k of those miles were with the 3rd one on but faulty and I just unplugged it, so expect about 27k miles per EGR, on my car anyway.
A friend of mine, after an EGR clean and a bottle of fuel cleaner, Said” Right you need to pick somewhere at weekend about an hour or 2 away and then drive it as if you had just stolen it and the police are chasing you”… that will do the trick for a good 6 months or so!!!!!!
We have been thrashing along dual carriageways today, albeit within legal limits...
11:43I had to listen to that twice. I THINK it's "none of the bucking" 🤔