What's the craic lads and ladies 

 

I'm toying with the idea of blanking the egr in my 09 1.8tdci 

 

So my questions are

 

Has anyone here done it 

Is it OK to do 

Is there any improvement in driving

Is there an increase of risk to my engine

 

As always thanks in advance for any info 

3 hours ago, Niallo said:

What's the craic lads and ladies 

 

I'm toying with the idea of blanking the egr in my 09 1.8tdci 

 

So my questions are

 

Has anyone here done it 

Is it OK to do 

Is there any improvement in driving

Is there an increase of risk to my engine

 

As always thanks in advance for any info 

Niall,

I did this to my 06 Mondeo 2.2 TDCI. The car was blowing out black smoke and going into limp mode. Renewed egr, six months later, same thing. Blanked the thing off, knowing that on mine, the engine management light would stay on, as I had an electrical connection from the egr to the ecu, rather than vacuum.

I then had to delete the egr from the ecu. For me, no more problems, drives like a dream. I have also got the egr delete to fit.

hope this helps.

 

1 hour ago, jack the mac said:

Niall,

I did this to my 06 Mondeo 2.2 TDCI. The car was blowing out black smoke and going into limp mode. Renewed egr, six months later, same thing. Blanked the thing off, knowing that on mine, the engine management light would stay on, as I had an electrical connection from the egr to the ecu, rather than vacuum.

I then had to delete the egr from the ecu. For me, no more problems, drives like a dream. I have also got the egr delete to fit.

hope this helps.

 

Thanks Jack 

 

Yeah I've heard the management light issue on the 2.0 and 2.2 mondeo's 

 

Have the blank with gaskets in my hand now.. 

 

Gonna pop it in tomorrow along with the boost gauge I've been wanting to install for weeks now 

 

Cheers mate, gonna take the leap and see how she goes 

EGR on my 2005 1.8 TDCi has been blanked for at least the last 8 years without issue, because the 1.8 TDCi is old school it doesn't throw a strop when blanking the EGR is blanked off.

 

When you've had it blanked off for just 1 year, remove the blanking plate and just see how much crap is stuck to it!

20 minutes ago, FatHead1979 said:

EGR on my 2005 1.8 TDCi has been blanked for at least the last 8 years without issue, because the 1.8 TDCi is old school it doesn't throw a strop when blanking the EGR is blanked off.

 

When you've had it blanked off for just 1 year, remove the blanking plate and just see how much crap is stuck to it!

Cheers mate that's good to hear 

So bit the bullet this morning and blanked off the egr and I have to say i feel a huge difference in how she drives, took her for a 30min spin and i can feel a difference in the response when accelerating i also popped the boost gauge in while I was at it 

 

Need to tidy up a bit but she works a treat. Can't upload the video for some reason