my egr was stolen and some fool stuck a stainless steel plate in the place it used to go so i was wanting to see how much my oil cap danced now that the egr was stolen .. before it used to dance like a squirrel on crack... now it just sits there and doesnt move lil vibrations from the engine move it but other than that it sits there... is that good for a very basic blow by test id like to get a compression test but im afraid it will be horrible.. i will do a valve job as soon as i get the wrenches from diesel giant along with a diesel purge also .. i also noted my car reved up faster than before and the exhaust was a tad bit smokier and smelled worse.. ^_^ that person better bring my egr back

I stole the EGR valve.

I needed one for the SD because some POS stole mine.

Sorry, I'm not giving it back.

do you think the missing egr is what is making my oil cap dance less.. it danced alot more before the egr was "stolen"

I can't come up with a viable explanation for that. There is no possiblity of the EGR valve affecting blowby. If the valve was leaking at idle, the engine might have run a bit more rough at idle. Could this be considered more "dancing" of the cap??

Many parts become stolen off my cars too at night, it's quite odd indeed.

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probably i have noticed a smoother idle and it revs up faster.. if you have seen the pic of my engine bay now you can see on the intake manifold their was like a black soot streak from what looks like a vent on the egr..

I hate when things like that happen. The other night some fascist opened my hood and put a bb in the vacuum line going to the egr. The nerve!

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Maybe if you act quick you can foil the egr bandits! Start locking your hoods at night, yes that is the only solution.

Or have squirrel's on crack guard them!

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darn..somebody stole my entire EGR mainifold set up and left me with his old EGR free setup......boy I am miffed about that...

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You guys don't fool me a bit! You should all be behind bars! It is because of this forum that we have global warming! ...... now...where did I park my 707 private jet?? Paul central FL

'84 300CD 290,000 egr removed & oh crap! ignore that!!

my oil cap just shimmys around...mostly due to the virbations of teh engine itself.

what i wanna know is which one of u dumped all ur grease on my engine!!! shes dirty!

my egr hasnt been stolen. strangly enough the vacuum lines for it are absent. ahh they probably just eroded with time

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rodents ate the vacuum lines...that were on mine too. Strangely only the ones that routed to the stolen EGR intake and exhaust setup.....they left the others alone.

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1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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Exhaust Gas R-----?

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my car must like manhatans or something since i found a toothpick in the vacuum line for the egr after it was stolen.. weird

recirculation

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