decided to have a look at my egr valve today!
Is this excessive for a 04 FF 94k on the clock?
Have it all cleaned up but decided now to blank it off,just waiting on the kit to be delivered
Do i have to clean out the manifold? undone all the bolts but its not moving didnt want to force it in case something snapped lol



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Blimey that’s a fair bit of carbon build up...........i didn’t clean the manifold when i did mine but didn’t have quite the same build up as yours. I did clean the entry hole into the manifold being careful not to let any bits drop inside.

On mine i did a full clean of the standard egr and disconnected the vacuum hose and blocked the hose and the hose nipple with a small self tapping screw which works fine.

The egr blanking replacement will be as good if not slightly better as it has no vacuum valve inside............enjoy the upgrade

mine was bad but not as bad as yours..i just cleaned as much as i could see before the blanking..

Wow - that is a bad one. I would run some fuel cleaner through the tank for a few fill - ups. I would also use Shell V power for a while (if you can get that in Ireland)

Here's mine after circa 120k miles - 2003. No idea if it's original or been cleaned, but not during the 50k miles of my ownership.

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