mentalasanything
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Registered: 27th Jan 04
Location: Hengoed Drives:Corsa Sport
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You all know the story of my EGR valve, I know, I was raped.
Took it to my local garage, put it on tek2 and it showed EGR valve, they replaced it and it was all hunky dory......FOR ABOUT 25 MILES.
Same prob again and same fault 1405. Took it back to garage and was runnin really bad, worse than my lawnmower, neways, they took the EGR back off and it was jammed open with this sorta stuff, corrugated aluminium :-
Garage instantly didnt want anything more to do with the car sayin it needed the head stripping. I pulled all this stuff out of the port of the EGR valve replaced the EGR and all works perfect. What the FCUK is it and where is it from tho??? But, the title says it all!!!!!
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Bonzai
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Registered: 25th Mar 03
Location: Cardiff, Wales Drives: 205 GTi 1.9
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where abouts in the engine did you remove that lot from sorry? dont know what an EGR is tbh
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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EGR is Exhaust gas recirculation.
TBH it looks like pieces of a catylic convertor
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Demo
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Registered: 27th Sep 01
Location: south wales Drives: astra sri ecoflex
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could well be the stuffing from the cat
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Sam16v
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Registered: 10th May 04
Location: Caerphilly Drives:MGF
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hmmmm..... thanx guys i'll tell him later...
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Korsa
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Registered: 25th Jan 03
Location: Cardiff S.Wales Drives :Blue/Purple Corsa
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xpensive if it is....
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Bonzai
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Location: Cardiff, Wales Drives: 205 GTi 1.9
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sounds like an excuse for a decat
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mentalasanything
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Registered: 27th Jan 04
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quote: Originally posted by Bonzai
sounds like an excuse for a decat
Had been booked in for weeks, had it fitted today and found out what the bits were..........
quote: Originally posted by Demo
could well be the stuffing from the cat
Bingo
Tipped the CAT upside-down when I got home and loads of the stuff came out!!!!!
Car is much more responsive with the de-cat pipe fitted, louder too
Cheers 4 ur help!
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Richie
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Registered: 3rd Dec 02
Location: Newport, Wales
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quote: Originally posted by Richie
EGR is Exhaust gas recirculation.
TBH it looks like pieces of a catylic convertor
I answered it first
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greebo2
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Registered: 21st Aug 03
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so it was the cat! worth knowing that one!
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mentalasanything
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Registered: 27th Jan 04
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quote: Originally posted by Richie
quote: Originally posted by Richie
EGR is Exhaust gas recirculation.
TBH it looks like pieces of a catylic convertor
I answered it first
Quite right Richie, more observant than I it would seem lol
[Edited on 1616-0707-2004200420042004 by mentalasanything]
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