EGR cooler to valve gasket

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Just finished replacing my EGR. What a pig of a job. Hands are shredded!

Was getting a slight loss of coolant, about half a litre every 500 miles or so.

Took the old one apart and can see rust 76AB8A97-E483-45C0-A4A1-02BEE5808B1F.webpbetween the cooler and the valve. And could see corrosion on the gasket, so probably that’s where it was going.

Wonder if I could have just replaced that rather than the £600 for the whole thing. Oh well it’s done now. Fingers crossed it actually sorts the coolant loss!

Next job is replace a driveshaft, once I’ve got feeling back in my hands.
 
The gaskets are a stainless steel shim coated in NBR, really not a great design at all. At least on this type of EGR they are available to purchase but there is very little compensation for thermal expansion or poor assembly practice.
 
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