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ALI T
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wouldn't mind seeing the pics

may the force be with you Darth
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Ali T, I'll try and put the pics up soon. GBC, I didn't have the tool as per the LTi manual, so I used a decorator's scrapper/filler knife and carefully worked around the old sealant. Only takes a couple of minutes of being careful!


darth

P.S. Still seems to be working, and even survived a half-mile straight held in 3rd gear (auto) red lining at 75 MPH - to clear out the soot! :roll:

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darth wrote:
Ali T, I'll try and put the pics up soon. GBC, I didn't have the tool as per the LTi manual, so I used a decorator's scrapper/filler knife and carefully worked around the old sealant. Only takes a couple of minutes of being careful!


darth

P.S. Still seems to be working, and even survived a half-mile straight held in 3rd gear (auto) red lining at 75 MPH -
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to clear out the soot!
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Have you not blocked off the EGR yet???
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Hi Skippy (41 - does that mean there are 40 other Skippys on here?),

Yes it is blanked off; and has been for at least 100,000 miles (currently on 171,000), but the 'red-line/blast through' is something I've done to diesels since I was a mere boy-apprenctice-mechanic.

Plus, whilst doing the works listed in this thread/post, I removed the EGR and found the blank I'd been using, a piece of lead sheet, had burned through - probably over the last 10,000 miles or so!


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Hi Skippy (41 - does that mean there are 40 other Skippys on here?),

Yes it is blanked off; and has been for at least 100,000 miles (currently on 171,000), but the 'red-line/blast through' is something I've done to diesels since I was a mere boy-apprenctice-mechanic.

Plus, whilst doing the works listed in this thread/post, I removed the EGR and found the blank I'd been using, a piece of lead sheet, had burned through - probably over the last 10,000 miles or so!


darth

Get a steel shim made about the thickness of 2 CDs and it will last a lifetime, lead will burn through in a few miles due to the heat
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When you get a Euro4 engine you cant blank the EGR, it has a sensor on it to stop all that.....blanking i mean, not the smoke, oh no, lets KEEP the smoke!


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For those that are interested... Have covered over 7,000 miles since my 'adaptation' of the tensioner, and still hasn't gone pop!

I'd like to post a couple of pics showing how I did the works, but don't know how to add them to here! Any guidance would be appreciated.


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Upload them to tinypics then post them on here :D

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