The second blanking plate goes between the exhaust manifold and the EGR heat exchanger (on the front of the engine to the right of the turbo)
Unfortunately the hex bolts were completely seized on and wouldn't budge, so I've soaked them in some plus gas and I'll give them a go another time ... or failing that next time the car is in for a service I'll get them to fit it :lol:
You're not trying to put the blanking plate on the exhaust manifold are you? These are a different shape, slightly bigger I think.. My second one was fitted on the underside of the EGR valve.
Ahh yes I thought it would be best to go on the exhaust manifold and it looked about the right shape size, but obviously not ... oh well better get out there and put it on underneath then
You might be able to cap it off at the heat exchanger though.. I was thinking about eliminating it altogether now my EGR is capped, perhaps by using a TS thermostat..
So following on from Dan's advice :lol: ... the hex bolts on the bottom of the EGR wouldn't budge in situ, so I undid the connector to the heat exchanger and pulled the whole thing off
From there it was easy(ish) with a bit of plus gas to undo the bolts ...
and look what I found inside :vomit:
Anyway from there it's easy to slide in the new blanking plate and fit it all back to the car :thumbs:
You may need to bend that pipe to the heat exchanger a little, as the thickness of the EGR blanking plate pushes the EGR valve up a little and the bolts might not screw into the plenum so easy.
After I'd reattached the heat exchanger, I loosly attached all the bolts (just to get them in) and then tightened them all up gradually ... didn't post a picture up of it finished as you can't see the second plate anyway!!!
Well I think it's the first time it's been off the car in 9 years/160k ... hence why I thought I'd get round to blanking it off before it went wrong!!!
Hi, I blanked the egr valve off on my 156 and I only used 1 blank fitted between the inlet manifold and the valve, I dont think there is any need for the second blank as the flow of gas will be stopped by the blank.
The egr valve has been disabled on my 159 in the ecu so that has the same effect as only fitting 1 blank.
Both cars run much better with an improvement in throttle response and mpg.
The only down side is they seem to take longer to warm up due to no heating of the water through the heat exchanger.
Its a job well worth doing
Hi, I blanked the egr valve off on my 156 and I only used 1 blank fitted between the inlet manifold and the valve, I dont think there is any need for the second blank as the flow of gas will be stopped by the blank.
The egr valve has been disabled on my 159 in the ecu so that has the same effect as only fitting 1 blank.
Wandering also ..
Can the heat exchange be removed (please don't shoot If I'm talking nonsense)
use blanks for 8 and 11 get rid of part 6 and 1?
See below diagram from eper
did mine a while back with just 1 plate ...I've grown to live with the MCSF beep
Just sneaked in my mot today before any issues with 2012 changes. The fella in the garage reckons it will fail for any reason with the engine light on.
Do you have specific size for the blanking plate, small one bellow the egr itself? I need it please.
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