 | Home > Puma (Tdci) > Puma 2.4 TdCI dashboard amber Engine Light / EGR |
 
|
|
|
| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3357   
|
It’s quite easy to replace yourself. https://www.landrovermonthly.co.uk/article...egr-valve/
If you don’t fancy having a go just take it to a local garage on the island. It’s a Ford engine so most will have experience changing them. WARNING. This post may contain sarcasm. |
||
29th Sep 2024 9:41pm |
|
| andy63 Member Since: 30 Jun 2023 Location: north east Posts: 787
|
I struggle to see how you can effectively clean an egr valve and pipework without removing it and cleaning and checking .. I'd be very careful about spraying any sort of combustible cleaner into the intake of a diesel..the engine can run on..it's a bit scary and I'm sure could cause damage.. I know you are low mileage but I'd be removing and checking the valve and the inlet manifold /throttle body while you are there.. |
||
|
30th Sep 2024 11:33am |
|
| ickle Member Since: 22 Jul 2010 Location: South Vendee Posts: 1856  
|
Unless you've used it solely for touring off the island, 5000 4 mile journeys will have choked everything up - new EGR and a good clean out and it will be good for another 20000!
hth Keith |
||
|
30th Sep 2024 12:17pm |
|
| Ianh Member Since: 17 Sep 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 2426
|
In your situation, given you are likely doing many short journeys and will continue to do so. I would remove your inlet manifold and give it a good clean as it will be full of oily soot. Then have your EGR mapped out by BAS, blank the EGR cooler at its input. Remove EGR cooler coolant pipes and join together, then fit a Provent 200 catch can.
Your engine will run much better, will stay much cleaner, will pass an mot as the EGR will be visible and emissions will be fine and you won’t be bothered with any EGR issues ever again. |
||
|
30th Sep 2024 1:19pm |
|
| hornet Member Since: 04 Jan 2010 Location: Western Europe Posts: 373 |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^This!
|
||
|
9th Oct 2024 2:28pm |
|
| TriniDaddy Member Since: 23 Nov 2020 Location: 10.57422, -61.28906 Posts: 40 
|
Andrew[/quote]
I struggle to see how you can effectively clean an egr valve and pipework without removing it and cleaning and checking .. I'd be very careful about spraying any sort of combustible cleaner into the intake of a diesel..the engine can run on..it's a bit scary and I'm sure could cause damage.. I know you are low mileage but I'd be removing and checking the valve and the inlet manifold /throttle body while you are there..[/quote] Currently looking at dealing with this issue as well. It's the only error code I have on the scans left, would love to see that thing disappear. Just came across this technique. It seems sensible and as it does not involve any combustibles seems sound to me (I'm not a mechanic). Anybody tried anything similar? I could remember changing the glow plugs last month and the intake manifold was disgusting! Will try to get a carbon cleaning done but if this is a fix, will definitely try it first. Any thoughts? 110 SW 2.4 IZUMI BLUE |
||
|
18th Jul 2025 3:33pm |
|
| HardCharger Member Since: 03 Mar 2013 Location: Manila Posts: 784  
|
How to properly bypass the EGR cooler? Any pics? Would be useful for me in the future. I blanked the EGR and the EGR cooler but the coolant pipes still attached to the cooler. Will properly bypass when the cooler goes kaputt. No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy |
||
|
21st Jul 2025 5:44am |
|
| andy63 Member Since: 30 Jun 2023 Location: north east Posts: 787
|
I can't help with pictures atm but the coolant flow to the egr cooler is by way of a plastic t that sits in front of the heater valve there are two plastic t pieces thar sit in that location.. the one with a hose going to the egr valve is the feed pipe.. the outlet from the efr valve will have a hose going to the egr cooler inlet...the hose exiting the egr cooler will join the other plastic t piece I mentioned above..
So you have options..blank off at the t pieces and do away with the egr valve and egr cooler circut... or simply disconnect the inlet and outlet from the cooler and join them.. that will leave the egr valve still in circut but if its not in use I don't see the sense.. The coolant side of the cooler may be best blanked at its connectionsif its left in place after bypassing.. My thoughts anyway.. |
||
|
21st Jul 2025 10:42am |
|
| blackwolf Member Since: 03 Nov 2009 Location: South West England Posts: 17874 
|
The easiest approach on a 2.4 is to fit blanking plates to either side of the EGR cooler and then leave it in situ. If there is a coolant leak into the EGR gas passage the planking plates will stop the coolant reaching either the exhaust or the inlet manifold.
You could remove the coolant pipes from both ports of the EGR cooler and join them, or run a new pipe between the ends distal from the cooler (and I can't offhand remember where these are). This is easier on the TD5 than the TDCi. |
||
|
21st Jul 2025 10:56am |
|
|
|
| All times are GMT + 1 Hour |
< Previous Topic | Next Topic > |
Posting Rules
|
Site Copyright © 2006-2025 Futuranet Ltd & Martin Lewis
