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audia4
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Joined: Nov 08, 2004
Posts: 160
Location: Leeds
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Sun Jan 04, 2009 10:38 pm |
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Hi there,
I have just ordered an EGR blanking plate from the brickwerks website (seen on here) for just short of £6.
I ordered it just to try it out and see if it improves performance as i read somewhere it does.
Is it easy to fit? Dont even know where the EGR is. Will prob get a mechanic to do it. |
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dubmeister
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 38
Location: swansea,s.wales
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Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:38 am |
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Easy to fit 2 hex bolts (6mm?)
Part bolted to rear of inlet manifold, has a vacuum pipe connected to it, and is linked to the exhaust system.
Undo 2 bolts, clean faces, fit gaskets & plate , kit should have come with longer bolts.
You may want to remove the intake pipe from the turbo to manifold and check how caked with soot/crud/shit it is. It may be worthwhile to remove and clean the inlet manifold first as mine was caked in crud about 10mm thick!!
Cleaned manifold, injectors, bashed out cat internals and fitted the egr block off and now get at least 5 mpg improvement.
Try a search on here or check Jas11N's posts on project sooty, as he is the king of the "how to's" im sure he fitted one to his 80, and it will be an excellent write up |
_________________ 1996 a6 2.5 tdi
1986 vw golf mk1 gti cabrio
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tut_gareth
Needs to get out more
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 186
Location: Surrey
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Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:12 pm |
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Hi
i'm interested in doing this too but will it affect anything else if you do blank it off |
_________________ B7 A4 Avant 2.0Tdi Quattro.
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jas11n
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Joined: Nov 21, 2003
Posts: 14191
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
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Thu Jan 08, 2009 6:03 pm |
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Thanks go to Mr Dubmeister for the compliments.
It's not a fetish, honest
As said, very very easy job, so easy I only took two pictures.
Remove two bolts, clean, insert one extra gasket and the plate, refit two supplied longer bolts.
Job done.
Shots are of my 1.9 1Z TDi engine, I'm sure the 5 cylinder TDI will have a different orientation of the valve, but otherwise the same size plate and fitment.
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2004 A4 Avant 1.8T quattro Sport LE..
1995 S2 Coupe - sold
1995 A6 Avant TDi - sold
1993 80 TDi - sold
1990 90 2.3 auto - scrapped
1989 Coupe 2.3e - sold
1990 cq20v - sold
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tut_gareth
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Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 186
Location: Surrey
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Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:33 pm |
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by blocking the EGR will any fault codes appear on the AEL engine ECU..? |
_________________ B7 A4 Avant 2.0Tdi Quattro.
B5 A4 1.8T Sport. |
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jas11n
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Joined: Nov 21, 2003
Posts: 14191
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
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Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:44 pm |
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tut_gareth wrote: | by blocking the EGR will any fault codes appear on the AEL engine ECU..? |
Don't quote me on this, but I'm 99% certain the EGR valve on your engine isn't a later type than can pull up fault codes.
It's a vacuum operated valve the same as above. |
_________________ 2001 Avus Silver RS4.
2004 A4 Avant 1.8T quattro Sport LE..
1995 S2 Coupe - sold
1995 A6 Avant TDi - sold
1993 80 TDi - sold
1990 90 2.3 auto - scrapped
1989 Coupe 2.3e - sold
1990 cq20v - sold
1990 80 2.8 quattro - sold |
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tut_gareth
Needs to get out more
Joined: May 03, 2007
Posts: 186
Location: Surrey
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Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:55 pm |
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once the weather warms up i rekon i'll be making myself a blanking plate and fitting it.
what is a good product to clean out the crud in the manifold ? |
_________________ B7 A4 Avant 2.0Tdi Quattro.
B5 A4 1.8T Sport. |
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BMH
Audi Nut
Joined: Jul 02, 2008
Posts: 61
Location: Leeds
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Fri Jan 09, 2009 9:09 am |
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Been doing this to transit 2.5di engines for years, they run better because they are not resurculating hot exhaust air into the inlet manifold just the cold air from the air box.
Bryan |
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dubmeister
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
Posts: 38
Location: swansea,s.wales
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Fri Jan 09, 2009 7:22 pm |
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tut_gareth wrote: | by blocking the EGR will any fault codes appear on the AEL engine ECU..? |
Shouldn't do- pull off and block the vacuum pipe going to it and see if it throws any codes.. |
_________________ 1996 a6 2.5 tdi
1986 vw golf mk1 gti cabrio
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dubmeister
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Joined: Apr 11, 2007
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Location: swansea,s.wales
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Sat Jan 10, 2009 10:29 pm |
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jas11n wrote: | Thanks go to Mr Dubmeister for the compliments.
It's not a fetish, honest :wink |
No but LEDS are |
_________________ 1996 a6 2.5 tdi
1986 vw golf mk1 gti cabrio
1982 vw golf mk1 gti 16v |
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jas11n
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Joined: Nov 21, 2003
Posts: 14191
Location: Durham, United Kingdom
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 1:54 am |
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dubmeister wrote: | jas11n wrote: | Thanks go to Mr Dubmeister for the compliments.
It's not a fetish, honest :wink |
No but LEDS are |
At least my ramblings could be classed as "illuminating" if nothing else |
_________________ 2001 Avus Silver RS4.
2004 A4 Avant 1.8T quattro Sport LE..
1995 S2 Coupe - sold
1995 A6 Avant TDi - sold
1993 80 TDi - sold
1990 90 2.3 auto - scrapped
1989 Coupe 2.3e - sold
1990 cq20v - sold
1990 80 2.8 quattro - sold |
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sheaf
Audi Nut
Joined: Jan 22, 2008
Posts: 65
Location: SHEFFIELD
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Mon Jan 12, 2009 11:23 am |
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Definitely does not throw up a code. Mines been blanked for months all okay so far.Still chucks out a cumulonimbus when hoofing it but they do.
It was a peace of mind thing for me.
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priba
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Joined: Mar 25, 2009
Posts: 30
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Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:57 pm |
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blocking the egr will not give any error code ... you can block the vacuum hose or mount blank plate like it's shown on pics (or both )
... this can be, apparently, done by vagcom but I didn't try it
... no it will not give you more power, only cleaner intake air and manifold ... as far as I know this is only for emissions reasons
... talking about manifold ... yes, clean it, I was using diesel fuel and gasoline and it worked but getting soot out from those bends is PIA ... I've left some diesel in it for one day to disolve those deposits ... lett the time work for you |
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Andrewwalker
Newbie
Joined: Oct 02, 2015
Posts: 2
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Fri Oct 02, 2015 9:28 pm |
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Hi,
I have a a4 2004 2.5 tdi 180 bhp quattro bdh engine,
I got a blanking plate for egr and found a thead which explained how to do it but not for my engine.
Also the allen screw heads are under the manifold inbetween the black plastic cover which on other pics the heads face towards the window screen!! Very akward to get!! Is my car unusual or are the bdh models like this?
Any help or pics of my model?
Thank u |
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Andrewwalker
Newbie
Joined: Oct 02, 2015
Posts: 2
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Sat Oct 03, 2015 11:27 am |
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Hello,
I have a 2004 a4 quattro 2.5 tdi v6 180bhp with a bdh engine,
I have bought a blanking plate for my egr. Inhabe searching through threads and noticed how easy it was but not any pics on my version of car!
So i got a day off , got tool ready then noticed the allen key screw heads are facing the opposite way to all pics i have seen and the are under the manifold inbetween the black platic case at front of engine!!
So i bought a flexi extenstion to go on srewdriver an will startbagain when it arrives!
I was just wondering if anyone else has encounted ssme problem or is my car strangly backnto front and very Akward!
Also would anyone have any pics of explaing how to take my egr out?
Thank u |
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