Reoccurring Engine Management Light

[Kye]

Hello all.

Got a Mk 2.5 Titanium 2.0 TDCi with 16k on the clock I've blanked the EGR valve a month a go and said light still keeps coming back on. Does anyone else have any experience of this or ways around it? I'm not removing the blank plate. It is stainless steel so it wouldn't have burnt through (not even 1000 miles done on it yet)

I've tried clearing the code with the engine running and the engine off. Engine off clearing seems to lengthen the period in which is comes back on. Is the car perhaps 'learning' to live without the valve?

Cheers all. It's not a biggie, but a touch annoying to keep sorting it. Only takes a couple of minutes to do though :)

[jeebowhite]

not the greatest, although I would have thought the 2.0 shouldnt have had an issue but it is electronic I believe.

[Kye]

I think my car has a brain. It was on this morning, I read Jeeb's reply, and the light has gone out. Only to be replaced by the low fuel light. I can live with that though. ;)

[jeebowhite]

keep an eye on it, its a euro 4 engine and the EGR I believe is electronic, but I could well be wrong.

[Kye]

What am I keep an eye on it for? Just in case it comes back on again? Any symptoms to look out for if there are pending problems?

[jeebowhite]

just wait for the light and then reset it, see how long it stays off for.

[vibeone]

I blanked mine on exactly the same car (59 plate). Mine goes on and off at random. Always the same code so I just ignore it. Annoying though, as you don't know if anything else is wrong.

I'm going to remove the blank soon I think.

Other than remove EGR in the ECU, I don't think there's much you can do.

[jeebowhite]

the best thing to do in these circumstances is probably to get the EGR removed from the ECU :p