gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
gemsdad
NOT BOTHERED.
Help! Did my egr yesterday. (New shiny stainless steel number) now sounds like a tractor and stinks of exhaust! I think there should be a gasket between the exhaust port and the stump from the egr bypass? The clamp doesn't seem to marry them up completely?
Do I just make a gasket and blather it in gun gum or similar? Wrap in exhaust tape? Help?
Do I just make a gasket and blather it in gun gum or similar? Wrap in exhaust tape? Help?
Thanks for the replies. I dismantled everything tonight after stopping off and buying some 'gun gum' on the way home. (Last used to get a vauxhall viva through an mot about 20 years ago! ) the weird jubilee clip/clamp had crimped the exhaust port under the egr post. (Leaving a 3-4mm gap) I undid it all, straightened the exhaust port, used gun gum to make a bit of a gasket, put the two together and filled the join with more gun gum. Put the clamp back on and applied a bit more gun gum around the back of the clamp. Started car, no tractor noise, no smell! Sorted.
Silicone hoses have arrived....they look too small. ? I'll update tomorrow!
Silicone hoses have arrived....they look too small. ? I'll update tomorrow!
Finished mine now. 'Rain stopped play' yesterday!
I did the turbo filter, the crankcase breather filter mod and the egr blank mod.
I have not taken it for a road test yet, but it did start straight away and I left it idle for a while.
I did accelerate a few times and found that it was very lumpy?
Is this to be expected initially?
I am thinking yes, because the fuel pipes were removed to get at the oil separator.
I will wait for an informed answer before I take it out for a run.
I also assume the vacuum pipe that went onto the old egr still goes on the dummy pipe on the mod?
dog-man
I did the turbo filter, the crankcase breather filter mod and the egr blank mod.
I have not taken it for a road test yet, but it did start straight away and I left it idle for a while.
I did accelerate a few times and found that it was very lumpy?
Is this to be expected initially?
I am thinking yes, because the fuel pipes were removed to get at the oil separator.
I will wait for an informed answer before I take it out for a run.
I also assume the vacuum pipe that went onto the old egr still goes on the dummy pipe on the mod?
dog-man
Singvogel
Well-Known Member
Sounds like the job is good to go. 
You're right about the little vacuum pipe too.
However you need to do a search on here for duck noise
No joking - its an annoying noise which originates from the vacuum collapsing at the EGR solenoid which is no longer in use.
Some folks get it - some don't.
Not a problem - an easy fix.
Singvogel.
You're right about the little vacuum pipe too.
However you need to do a search on here for duck noise
No joking - its an annoying noise which originates from the vacuum collapsing at the EGR solenoid which is no longer in use.
Some folks get it - some don't.
Not a problem - an easy fix.
Singvogel.
Singvogel
Well-Known Member
Don't worry about it - it's not at all serious.
Some folks either can't hear it or don't care.
I was not aware of it until it was brought to my attention, and then it bothered me. Very obvious with a window open when I switched off.
It only comes when you switch off the engine and has been variously described as 'Donald Duck' or the 'Farting Freelander'. :frown:
Singvogel.
Some folks either can't hear it or don't care.
I was not aware of it until it was brought to my attention, and then it bothered me. Very obvious with a window open when I switched off.
It only comes when you switch off the engine and has been variously described as 'Donald Duck' or the 'Farting Freelander'. :frown:
Singvogel.
willo
Well-Known Member
Read this thread, some way down the road there is a youtube clip you can listen to. Good luck. Btw, hard of hearing myself, only heard it when the hood was open and was only noticed when engine switched off.
