Thanks to immelman's How-To, I'd thought I'd get round to cleaning my EGR valve today, even though I don't appear to be suffering with any particular engine issues.
So with all my sockets, wrenches, spanners and new gaskets, I ploughed on.
That was until I had to undo the 2 8mm inverted flange bolts.
Try as I did neither of the bolts budged. I tried WD-40, a blowlamp, even buying another better quality 12mm socket, but nothing worked.:scream1:
After a good deal of f'ing and blinding, I decided to remove the front slam panel (crossbeam) to try and improve access and leverage. It was then and only then (I'm ashamed to admit) that I realized that as a complete pleb, I had been tightening up said bolt instead of releasing it!
Note to self - Lefty loosey, righty tighty! [smilie=dunceblock.:
The rest was pretty straightforward, as explained in the How-To.
The amount of scum I scooped out was surprising to say the least and a spray of Wynns Diesel EGR3 helped to get rid of a good deal of it.
Before and after Pics...
[B]Dirty Manifold[/B]
Dirty EGR valve
Dirty EGR Pipe
A sample of crud
Clean Manifold
Clean EGR
Clean EGR Pipe
Wynns Diesel EGR3
Hoping for some positive results, after all that!
So with all my sockets, wrenches, spanners and new gaskets, I ploughed on.
That was until I had to undo the 2 8mm inverted flange bolts.
Try as I did neither of the bolts budged. I tried WD-40, a blowlamp, even buying another better quality 12mm socket, but nothing worked.:scream1:
After a good deal of f'ing and blinding, I decided to remove the front slam panel (crossbeam) to try and improve access and leverage. It was then and only then (I'm ashamed to admit) that I realized that as a complete pleb, I had been tightening up said bolt instead of releasing it!
Note to self - Lefty loosey, righty tighty! [smilie=dunceblock.:
The rest was pretty straightforward, as explained in the How-To.
The amount of scum I scooped out was surprising to say the least and a spray of Wynns Diesel EGR3 helped to get rid of a good deal of it.
Before and after Pics...
[B]Dirty Manifold[/B]

Dirty EGR valve



Dirty EGR Pipe

A sample of crud

Clean Manifold

Clean EGR

Clean EGR Pipe

Wynns Diesel EGR3

Hoping for some positive results, after all that!