Talking to a friend last night who's blanked his EGR valve on his Jag 2.7 XJ

The question is, should I blank mine on my TD6, also he seems to think I'll need two kits if I do.

I have searched on here and quite a few have, does it really improve things or not ??

The old lump has clocked up 120k could I be encouraging trouble.


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i did it on my td6 and it did improve mpg [slightly] and it felt more smoother...it only costs around £30 and is worth it...there's a how to in the wiki.. ... - .- -.




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Did mine. In full agreement with Stan. Travelling around in circles again.

If you do blank the EGR, and I would recommend you do, can I suggest you keep the removed EGR valve, clean it up and put it in a box for possible future re-use. I have a suspicion that the MOT in the near future may require an EGR valve to be fitted if the vehicle originally had one, in a similar manner to catalytic convertors are treated now.

I have a high mileage 2004 TD6 and blanked mine off Friday just gone.
Only need one unit. Payed £28ish off Ebay. As Stan says there's a wiki on it and is real easy (20 mins to do). A screwdriver and 1 allenkey

My FF was already chipped, but this made a big difference performance wise when pulling away. Haven't noticed fuel economy yet mainly due to pulling away like an idiot while the novelty is still there!

I didn't fit it for performance, I fitted it for the MPG gains reported.
Next for me is to fit a Green Cotton air filter.

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nicedayforit wrote:

If you do blank the EGR, and I would recommend you do, can I suggest you keep the removed EGR valve, clean it up and put it in a box for possible future re-use. I have a suspicion that the MOT in the near future may require an EGR valve to be fitted if the vehicle originally had one, in a similar manner to catalytic convertors are treated now.

It would require removing parts to identify that it had been removed which isn't within the ambit of the MOT.

However, it is a good idea to retain the EGR as it may be that testing for NOX will become part of the MOT as it is the current "bogey man" for environmental issues.

I removed the EGR from my D2 and the next CT (MOT equivalent) showed lower tested emissions than with it.

Have removed it from the FF but it came with a CT so haven't yet compared. John
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If you want to give it a try, just pull the vacuum pipe off and plug it with a small bolt or similar, then tuck the pipe out the way, give a go for a week or so and see then weather you want to go ahead with the conversion. I'll bet you'll want to do it after.