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EGRs blanked PROPERLY today
After Geoff's visit yesterday, and his encouraging explanation of the easy way to blank EGRs, I got up to a nice sunny morning at 6.30am today and decided to give it a go.
Took the first EGR pipe off at the valve and and was very surprised to find this:-
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The previous owner had obviously done the old penny in the port blanking.
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I replaced these with a pair of Geoff's nice shiny stainless steel blanking plates.
Continuing on, I also found this:-
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No wonder I had so much throttle lag! They had blanked the pipes, but hadn't removed the butterfly valve!
Geoff, thanks for the encouragement, and it took me about an hour in total - not bad for a first attempt.There are two rules for success,
1. Never tell everything you know.
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I had similar when I blanked mine, someone had been there before and just put a thin shim under the egr gasket, hadn't removed any pipes or butterfly valve. Pleased I have now done it properly.D3 Tonga HSE 2005
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The shim is fine, but to complete it the butterfly ought really to be removed, the pipework is fine to remain in place and disguise the fact they're blanked
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14th Jun 2015 2:57 pm
geoff.
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and no phone call good on you mucker bet it runs nice now
14th Jun 2015 3:08 pm
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beanie wrote:
The shim is fine, but to complete it the butterfly ought really to be removed, the pipework is fine to remain in place and disguise the fact they're blanked
Then follow up with a BAS remap
I never thought I would want a remap, but it is niggling away now in my mind.
But must get other things sorted first! D3 Tonga HSE 2005
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14th Jun 2015 3:42 pm
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you'll be amazed the difference a remap makes, I know I was! Bodsys Brake Bible
Dave, I have one of Pete Bell's maps on mine , have for a few years, chalk and cheese without one Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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14th Jun 2015 4:05 pm
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I am already happy with the performance of my D3, I am sure the extra power would be even better!!D3 Tonga HSE 2005
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Is this only on the TD's?
What does blanking it do?
Thanks,
Dave
It stops the hot exhaust gasses being forced back into the cold air induction side of the engine.
Think of it this way, you have a Turbo compressing air to add more air charge into the cylinders with more fuel and resulting in more bang,, the intercooler is there to cool down this air, increasing its mass and therefore increasing the amount of air / fuel going into the cylinders, so why do you want to add hot exhaust gasses that are already combusted into this nice cool air charge??
Well it reduces emissions by recycling the exhaust gas, but the down side is it also reduces the volume of nice clean combustible oxygen in that charge, a definable no no for performance Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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I am already happy with the performance of my D3, I am sure the extra power would be even better!!
Oh yes I'm sure you will, I have mine tuned or increased mid range , overtaking etc , it just holds the gear and pulls like a train Altox GSM FBH controller thread
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14th Jun 2015 4:12 pm
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Thanks Benie. Here in the US we don't have any LR's that are TD's.
my LR3 is a V8.
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14th Jun 2015 4:39 pm
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beanie wrote:
DaveDisco3 wrote:
I am already happy with the performance of my D3, I am sure the extra power would be even better!!
Oh yes I'm sure you will, I have mine tuned or increased mid range , overtaking etc , it just holds the gear and pulls like a train
I always beat the trains down the new A43!!!D3 Tonga HSE 2005
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14th Jun 2015 4:54 pm
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geoff. wrote:
and no phone call good on you mucker bet it runs nice now
Certainly does. Just need to work out how to syphon the funds out of the bank account to hide the cost of the remap.
Good job SWMBO doesn't read this forum.There are two rules for success,
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