Hi does any one know the affect of blocking off an egr valve on a 2007 focus 1.8 tdci or have already done it think mines on the blink cheers Sam

Most blanks have a very good response if installed correctly, otherwise you might see misbehaviour such as loss of power, error lights, smoke and excessive noice

Thanks for the reply do you know if the blank will affect starting as my egr valve got stuck and the car wouldn't start until it got tapped by a hammer

Most blanks have a very good response if installed correctly, otherwise you might see misbehaviour such as loss of power, error lights, smoke and excessive noice

By this I presume you leave the egr fitted to the car but slide in the blank !

Correct. The blank is placed between the engine and the EGR valve itself. It doesnt affect starting (certainly not on our cars anyway!) I think it must have been having a different reason for failure at the time. If it was stuck open for example and the tap loosened it.

I have a 1.8 tdci and have no regrets in doing mine my car is like a different car to drive..FOR THE BETTER...

Did you have it re-mapped when you blocked yours think that's the route I'm going £240 to get 140bhp and 300nm of torque

no I just blanked the egr off and my car is really is a nice drive in every way so much better

Ok thanks did you put a blanking plate with a hole or without I have ordered one without a hole in :-)

yep without hole no codes or issues you ordered the right one...good luck :D

Thanks will report on my progress thanks for the reply :-)

no problem at all, be good to hear how things progress

Did my 2005 1.8 diesel, no problems. Car is running much better than before.

Did you ever get starting problems before the blanking ?

I was a bit in 2 minds weather to put a plate in,but I'm glad I did now.no never had an issue with starting,or flashing lights in the dash.better mpg,more torque.solid plate with no holes.works a treat.

Nice thanks for advice lads

Nice thanks for advice lads

No prob,

Nice profile picture lmao that's sum dog

It took me ages to figure out how to put a photo up and didn't have one picture of my car !Removed! typical lol

It took me ages to figure out how to put a photo up and didn't have one picture of my car !Removed! typical lol

Ah sorry; my bad

I thought it was the cats back legs that the dogs nose was hurried between,

But

On close examination of the image I see its actually the cats front legs the dog is at,

My joke was the dog likes lickin da pussey ;)

Hi guys thought I would let you know I fitted the egr blanking plate to the car seems to drive much cleaner and responsive unfortunately the engine management light came on but on the plus side gives me a good excuse to get it remapped now :-)

Good Result.

Just leave the light there, by all accounts, it seems that some engines eventually figure that your not listening and just stop telling you about the EGR :p

Had enough of having a Christmas tree dashboard recently had air bag abs and engine management light on !Removed! thing :-)

hi,

i've just read through this thread, but i still don't understand the reasoning behind 'blanking' the EGR off? why is it not blanked off as standard on the focus?

can someone explain please?

thanks :)

Hi there ! It's because it helps keep the cars emissions down by recirculating the exhausts gases through the engine again which is fine when brand new but when the egr valve gets coked up you start getting problems what car have you got ?