Grayo
Active Member
Thats great, thanks for that.
Grayo
Active Member
Did the egr blanking mod today, all went well, air manifold wasn't as bad as some of you have had but gave it a good clean anyway. Put it all back together and started the engine, let it run for about 5 mins then turned it off and had the dying duck sound. Hopefully I will receive the pipe and plug in the post tomorrow from Dazjam, and I can get that on and my duck will be cooked lol.
Grayo
Active Member
Quack, quack-quack, qua:fighting:
Well done mate.
Thanks SV, pipe and plug arrived in post this morning so that will be sorted later. Did you see my thread on "Power fold mirrors" have you any idea what that could be ????
martinc265
New Member
Ok I am convinced to do this, so to go through it step by step is this.
1. Buy a blank from ebay, around 30 squids
2 . Take it all off
3 . Fit the blanker
4 . Clean up all the stuff taken off
5 . Put the hose on
6. Put the vac hose on the stub
7 . Disconnect the other hose from the solenoid unit and clamp it (stop the duck)
But what is the mushroom type thing for on the other side??
1. Buy a blank from ebay, around 30 squids
2 . Take it all off
3 . Fit the blanker
4 . Clean up all the stuff taken off
5 . Put the hose on
6. Put the vac hose on the stub
7 . Disconnect the other hose from the solenoid unit and clamp it (stop the duck)
But what is the mushroom type thing for on the other side??
Grayo
Active Member
Hi Martin,
The little mushroom shaped thing is where the pipe from the exhaust fits on. There is a funny clamp thing that holds it in place I found undoing it almost right off was the best to do and it will come off no problem.
Take the air manifold off and use Mr Muscle oven cleaner to get ride of all the muck inside. It's a dirty job so wear rubber gloves.
Re the vacume pipe connect it to the new blank but what I did was the same as suggested earlier in the thread and that was to disconnect it where it join's a bit further on and put a peg and small length of pipe supplied by dazjam to stop the duck, worked a treat.
Have a look at the pictures below and it will show you where to place the peg and small length of pipe.
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/f9/20099d1291907511-egr-blanking-mod-yuoio.jpg
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/f9/20100d1291907511-egr-blanking-mod-yooiu.jpg
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martinc265
New Member
Thanks Grayo, Its totally clear now
Cheers
Cheers
martinc265
New Member
Did the mod this morning , just a half hour with my mechanic, straight forward and easy job, was quite clean anyway. Completed the blanking off using a piece of vacuum hose and a piece of solid 4.5mm bar. Feels like it is more responsive , no hesitations and pulls like atrain. Only had the thing 3 weeks so well pleased at the moment.
Grayo
Active Member
You think that's good, wait until you have done the crank case breather mod as well lol.
martinc265
New Member
next thing on the list after the towbar this friday, ordering the BMW part through the mechanic tomorrow
Done the mod this morning. Connected all back up. The blanking kit I have has a small nipple for the smallest pipe to go back onto. Is this the vacuum pipe? If so what do I disconnect and block off to stop the duck noise? I've read the other pages but need it in plain English as I'm unsure.
Grayo
Active Member
Have a look at the pictures below it's on the right hand side of the engine bay towards the back. This is where you blank the vacuum hose off with a small piece of tube and a peg of some kind, some use a golf tee.
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/f9/20099d1291907511-egr-blanking-mod-yuoio.jpg
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/f9/20100d1291907511-egr-blanking-mod-yooiu.jpg
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/f9/20099d1291907511-egr-blanking-mod-yuoio.jpg
http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/attachments/f9/20100d1291907511-egr-blanking-mod-yooiu.jpg
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David Drew
Active Member
If it's the same as my kit the small braided vacuum pipe goes onto the 'nipple' or bit sticking out of the EGR. That blanks the pipe off as it is a solid nipple and really only a place to shove the pipe. It doesn't have any other function.
Same for me and I didn't get the duck noise but others have and that's why the pipe is often blanked off upstream.
sheriff
Active Member
Just cleaned out the inlet manifold on my 04 HSE auto. 2 gals of paraffin, 3 bottle brushes and a good jet washing all nice and clean. Blanked off egr with 2p piece and small set screw into end of vac pipe at egr end. Massive reduction in smoke and a good increase in power. Engine can now breath again, no hot exhaust gases means cooler air in hence heavier charge giving better burn and less sh*te and no duck quack to boot. Result !!!
Read somewhere that 2p piece will burn through quite quickly, some bypasses have also been known to burn through on the blank connection.
