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by charltones
3905 days ago
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Sadly, although this would seem to be a bonus for the environment, I don't think it is. A lot of people have been tempted into buying diesels based on the claimed fuel consumption and emission figures. I was one of them. However, unless you are regularly making long journeys these figures are a false economy. I moved closer to my work and ended up making a lot of short trips in my car. The result? The engine's Exhaust Gas Recycling (EGR) unit clogged up after several months which cost a fortune to replace (and of course the environmental impact of more of these units being manufactured). The garage's suggested fix for this was to make a weekly superfluous trip up and down the motorway in 4th gear to burn off clogged particulates (thus wasting fuel that was supposed to be saved). Other 'fixes' I found on the internet were to apply a kit to bypass the EGR entirely (thus re-emitting the particles that were supposed to be cleaned up). My fix? Sell the car and go back to a guzzly petrol model. |
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Did you know you could simply delete EGR? And that removing this contraption would result in smoother engine and ~3% better fuel consumption?
Its as simple as unscrewing this piece of crap and mounting a blocking plate (plus sensor bypass in some cases). You can even buy easy install delete kits.