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[Vade]

..........Hey guys, anyone know the cheapest place to get one of these horrible things? Ford are asking for in excess of £215, Ive seen one on eBasy for £119. Any ideas? Cheers

[stef123]

eBay is where I got mine, from a jaguar dealer

[Mr Singh]

try your local jaguar dealer.

[Maddogpro]

Why you think its the egr /?

[Vade]

Ive had it on diagnostic so I know its the EGR. However since my last post performance has picked up shes running smoothly and Im happy. Went and got it plugged in again today at my mates garage and he reset the engine management light for me. All is well for now lol thanks everyone for your suggestions

[FOCA]

Is it a euro3 or euro4?

Just fit an EGR blanking plate (solid, stainless steel)

Its not just the Jaguar x-type EGR valves that are cheaper than mk3 Mondeos, you would think its the other way 'round

[Vade]

Its a euro 4, and this morning shes firing but dieing straight away. Damn those cars are heavy to push!! Im hoping the EGR is stuck open or something because if this is injectors then Im afraid I may have to wield the old axe............

[Vade]

EGR is stuck open, so Ive ordered a new one off eBay for £119.99 with free recorded postage. Not bad

[Maddogpro]

Let me know how the new one performs buddy and if it works let me have a link as too which one

[Vade]

As soon as shes running again Ill be back on to let you know mate.

[Vade]

Okay so the valve arrived today, was fitted and car running in twenty minutes. Heres the link as promised buddy

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/290630021007

[stooge75]

dont get your valves from ebay,as the ones on ebay are crap full stop.it'll only last about 6 months at best. got mines ordered from jaguar for £140 inc vat.ford DO want £210!!!

[FOCA]

Better still, save yourself £119.99, £140, or £210 - fit a solid, stainless steel EGR blanking plate (about a fiver)

 

Car pulls better with a little less turbo lag/ less flat spots, EGR housing and inlet manifold stays clean,(no carbon/ muck) and it does not matter if the EGR valve is faulty/ fails - car stays running   

 

Only potential drawback is EML comes on on a Euro4 compliant engine, but that can be reset periodically with a code reader  

[stevegtuk]

Better still, save yourself £119.99, £140, or £210 - fit a solid, stainless steel EGR blanking plate (about a fiver)

 

Car pulls better with a little less turbo lag/ less flat spots, EGR housing and inlet manifold stays clean,(no carbon/ muck) and it does not matter if the EGR valve is faulty/ fails - car stays running   

 

Only potential drawback is EML comes on on a Euro4 compliant engine, but that can be reset periodically with a code reader  

+1 blanking saves a fortune. a few quid for the blank and about £20 for the code reader and your away

[stooge75]

here we go again. had cars blanked in the past & the fuel consumptions worse after it. was at jaguar today ordering my EGR & another guy had a faulty egr last week & fitted a new one.while it was faulty he got 41mpg. new EGR fitted,he gets 52mpg. 

honestly some folk on here are just asking for trouble. put it this way,when someone takes your lead/advice & damages their car,are you gonna pay for their court costs? the guy did the right thing & bought the part for his car. mate you need to stop filling folks heads with egr blanking/smf converting stuff.its gonna come back to bite ya

& how does it save a fortune? my egr is duff & im running at just over 41mpg as well. it was at average of 54.2 two days ago,before it went ti*s-up..

how is blanking an egr gonna save money? jeez