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Old 11-28-2007, 01:40 AM
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Egr

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Originally Posted by KarTek View Post
This is interesting... Just read it for the first time. For the EGR, why not leave all the wiring and controls in place and simply fab up a blocking plate like we do for the TDI's and some of the trucks? This would allow the EGR to operate normally, just no gasses enter the intake.
That sounds like a great idea unless there is something that detects air flow through the EGR and rats to the computer if it doesn't see any.

Others have suggested plumbing the EGR valve to the air filter instead of the exhaust so that clean air goes into the intake instead of soot.

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