EGR service / clean in West Mids / Staffs

[Brindle]

Anyone recommend a company to do an EGR service or clean in the Midlands?

Cheers

 

[DXX]

Anyone recommend a company to do an EGR service or clean in the Midlands?

Cheers

If you are thinking about an flush without removing the unit I would recommend against.
I’ve just cleaned a totally blocked transporter EGR cooler and a partially seized EGR valve that was removed from the van. It requires mechanical removal of carbon followed by chemical flushing.

 

[Brindle]

If you are thinking about an flush without removing the unit I would recommend against.
I’ve just cleaned a totally blocked transporter EGR cooler and a partially seized EGR valve that was removed from the van. It requires mechanical removal of carbon followed by chemical flushing.

Yeh that’s what I’m after, someone to take it off and clean it properly, more as a preventative measure than anything else.

 

[Brindle]

If you are thinking about an flush without removing the unit I would recommend against.
I’ve just cleaned a totally blocked transporter EGR cooler and a partially seized EGR valve that was removed from the van. It requires mechanical removal of carbon followed by chemical flushing.

Did you do it yourself? I had considered this myself as I am reasonably mechanically minded but I have the 204 and I can’t find any videos / guides / how to on that particular one

 

[DXX]

Did you do it yourself? I had considered this myself as I am reasonably mechanically minded but I have the 204 and I can’t find any videos / guides / how to on that particular one

I did it myself, it was off a 102PS T5.1
Bit of a project to see if it was cost effective against the cost of buying a new one.
If you have a insufficient flow alarm I’d say it’s not just restricted but blocked, hooking up for a VW ‘flush’ would be a waste of time IMO.
I made a guide template and used a small diameter long series drill to get through carbon core, then chemical soak, brass wire tube brushing and further chemical application until it washed through clean with water. The carbon is hard.
I still need to assemble and pressure test both circuits. The only place I found gaskets online was Brazil, this 102ps EGR uses NBR coated stainless steel shim gasket.
I have some specialist jointing paste which is rated up to 600 degC to supplement to old gasket and be proven with pressure tests.
The 204ps EGR looks to be bigger, I haven’t tried one of those. So long as the gas tubes are straight without U bends it should be possible.
The best chemical I found without going full on industrial and the environmental implications that brings was Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner spray.
I applied to some NBR seals and there is no de-gradation.
If I decide to do it on a regular basis I’ll make a pumped chemical circuit with a manifold to supply each gas tube and a strainer to remove the carbon.

 

[Brindle]

I did it myself, it was off a 102PS T5.1
Bit of a project to see if it was cost effective against the cost of buying a new one.
If you have a insufficient flow alarm I’d say it’s not just restricted but blocked, hooking up for a VW ‘flush’ would be a waste of time IMO.
I made a guide template and used a small diameter long series drill to get through carbon core, then chemical soak, brass wire tube brushing and further chemical application until it washed through clean with water. The carbon is hard.
I still need to assemble and pressure test both circuits. The only place I found gaskets online was Brazil, this 102ps EGR uses NBR coated stainless steel shim gasket.
I have some specialist jointing paste which is rated up to 600 degC to supplement to old gasket and be proven with pressure tests.
The 204ps EGR looks to be bigger, I haven’t tried one of those. So long as the gas tubes are straight without U bends it should be possible.
The best chemical I found without going full on industrial and the environmental implications that brings was Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner spray.
I applied to some NBR seals and there is no de-gradation.
If I decide to do it on a regular basis I’ll make a pumped chemical circuit with a manifold to supply each gas tube and a strainer to remove the carbon.

Yeh that’s beyond me. . . . !!!

 

[RedUn]

I did it myself, it was off a 102PS T5.1
Bit of a project to see if it was cost effective against the cost of buying a new one.
If you have a insufficient flow alarm I’d say it’s not just restricted but blocked, hooking up for a VW ‘flush’ would be a waste of time IMO.
I made a guide template and used a small diameter long series drill to get through carbon core, then chemical soak, brass wire tube brushing and further chemical application until it washed through clean with water. The carbon is hard.
I still need to assemble and pressure test both circuits. The only place I found gaskets online was Brazil, this 102ps EGR uses NBR coated stainless steel shim gasket.
I have some specialist jointing paste which is rated up to 600 degC to supplement to old gasket and be proven with pressure tests.
The 204ps EGR looks to be bigger, I haven’t tried one of those. So long as the gas tubes are straight without U bends it should be possible.
The best chemical I found without going full on industrial and the environmental implications that brings was Mr Muscle Oven Cleaner spray.
I applied to some NBR seals and there is no de-gradation.
If I decide to do it on a regular basis I’ll make a pumped chemical circuit with a manifold to supply each gas tube and a strainer to remove the carbon.

Would this not work on the egr?

Looks more fun too!!

 

[DXX]

Would this not work on the egr?

Looks more fun too!!

That’s a cast lump, the EGR cooler is a fabricated thin gauge assembly, if heat is applied it has be done uniformly with relatively slow increase and decrease.
My guess is that a customers induction manifold that he’s risking buckling not his own.

 

[F2JON]

Midland vw or Wagenworks,

 

[RedUn]

That’s a cast lump, the EGR cooler is a fabricated thin gauge assembly, if heat is applied it has be done uniformly with relatively slow increase and decrease.
My guess is that a customers induction manifold that he’s risking buckling not his own.

Worth a bash on a knackered egr though surely?

 

[DXX]

Worth a bash on a knackered egr though surely?

If it leaks as a result of distortion it will spill coolant into the engine. Hydraulic lock, rusty bores, emulsified oil and probably some knackered SCAT sensors.
IMO not worth the risk.

 

[RedUn]

If it leaks as a result of distortion it will spill coolant into the engine. Hydraulic lock, rusty bores, emulsified oil and probably some knackered SCAT sensors.
IMO not worth the risk.

Ah yeah, forgot they've got that bloody coolant jobby on them on these!

 

[Brindle]

Midland vw or Wagenworks,

Tried midland VW as they service my Van, said they didn’t do anything like it nor knew anyone that did!!

 

[ADMT]

Tried midland VW as they service my Van, said they didn’t do anything like it nor knew anyone that did!!

Did you find anyone to do this in the end?

 

[Brindle]

Did you find anyone to do this in the end?

Nope, afraid not