New MOT test rules....

[thieuster]

EGR valve on my old x Type diesel was a pain, even though it did high mileage and motorway runs daily I also used fuel addative, eventually I fitted a blanking plate to the EGR valve, I even used to remove the inlet manifold as the first few ports were usually choked up.

I don't think you can get away with just blanking off EGR's on most modern diesels due to addition sensors etc, it most likely results in the engine management light coming on.

I had a Saab dead-standard 9-3 TiD from 2007 until 2013. The car's EGR fouled up every 30K kms. My wife had a similar Saab, a company car, tuned by Hirsch (Saab's go-to tuner back then) and that car's EGR never fouled up. Go figure.

Menno

[Motman]

I had a Saab dead-standard 9-3 TiD from 2007 until 2013. The car's EGR fouled up every 30K kms. My wife had a similar Saab, a company car, tuned by Hirsch (Saab's go-to tuner back then) and that car's EGR never fouled up. Go figure.

Menno

They blanked it off as part of the 'tune'.