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Old 01-24-2006, 01:05 AM
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Curious...Is anyone running w/operable EGR on 617?

Or...like me, is everyone doing "off road testing." I wondered who has their EGR running and if they are having problems OR not! Consider this an informal survey. Reasons for running operable EGR welcome!
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:16 AM
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I thought mine was running fine with the EGR but it turns out one of the rubber fittings at the thermo-vac switch on the t-stat housing was torn so there's no telling how long its been disabled. I was planning on dealing with it later. I'm going to eventually do away with all of the extra vac lines and such so unless its stuck open I guess its inoperable right now. Runs great.
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:35 AM
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I'm doing off road testing on the 300D for an indefinate length of time.
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:38 AM
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I'm doing off road testing on the 300D for an indefinate length of time.

Same here.
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:49 AM
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Hum...so far no one NOT "testing"

There's gotta be someone out there with an operable EGR. So how's it running?
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:51 AM
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damn guys.........

..........failed to follow the final step in the instruction procedure...............
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:54 AM
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Maybe I should mention that on my '85 it was working. When idling, if I unplugged the line to the EGR, I noticed the idle would raise a small amount, barely noticable. Other than that she ran great. On that one I really think it worked. The strangest thing, though, is that when I unplugged it, my 0-60 times went from about 18 seconds up to around 22. I tested this multiple times and found it to be consistant. I started a thread about this but no one could come up with an answer. It was suggested that I must have done something else while I was under there but I assure you, all I did was put a vac cap on that line. I plugged and unplugged it at least five times and did as many runs on the same stretch of road and my 0-60 time was consistantly 3-4 seconds worse. Since it ran faster with it hooked up I left it like it came. Maybe it had something to do with the '85's special emissions stuff.
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Old 01-24-2006, 01:58 AM
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gee, i was planning to put my EGR back on so it could crud up my intake, but I seem to have misplaced it.................
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Old 01-24-2006, 02:02 AM
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Maybe I should mention that on my '85 it was working. When idling, if I unplugged the line to the EGR, I noticed the idle would raise a small amount, barely noticable.:
Could perhaps be related to the tranny shifting differently...ie...leaking EGR stuff?
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Old 01-24-2006, 02:18 AM
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Egr

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Replace Turbo And Egr Was Sticking Open, Lose Turbo Pressure
Remove And Carbon Clean, Power Is Now Ok, It Would SloW Close At Fuel Stop And Stay Open After 1/2 Mile Lose Turbo Power, Like A V-8 Power Now
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Old 01-24-2006, 02:39 AM
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1984 300d Turbo 136k
Replace Turbo And Egr Was Sticking Open, Lose Turbo Pressure
Remove And Carbon Clean, Power Is Now Ok, It Would SloW Close At Fuel Stop And Stay Open After 1/2 Mile Lose Turbo Power, Like A V-8 Power Now

umm i dont think the egr stcking open will effect the turbo
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Old 01-24-2006, 02:38 AM
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mines still all connected. i had it disconnected on my first one. no problems so far
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Old 01-24-2006, 10:05 AM
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Or...like me, is everyone doing "off road testing." I wondered who has their EGR running and if they are having problems OR not! Consider this an informal survey. Reasons for running operable EGR welcome!
There is a window on the EGR. If you apply vacuum and release it you should see the pressure plate move up and down.

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Old 01-24-2006, 12:11 PM
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Mine is still connected. It will stay connected until I get my recall work done.
Then I may find a BB and start training my Mercedes for the Dakar rally.
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Old 01-24-2006, 12:18 PM
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mine worked until yesterday but

i left the hood open after installing diesel giants master vac kit and came back and the entire harness was gone.

how would i have know it was working anyway?
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