Hi I think the idea behind the EGR is once the engine warms up, the valve opens and some of the Exhaust Gas is Recirculated, the ecu will tell it to do this which activates the solenoid on the back of the EGR, there may be trickery in the solenoid to tell the ecu what is happening, but thats a guess.
When you blank off the EGR you effectively stop any gas movement through the EGR, as if the valve is permenantly closed, therefore if it is sticking open your blanking plates will sort it out.

As to the cost of a turbo, trawl ebay, but I am hoping the plate will have you smiling again-my car seemed to be a disaster, it sounds as if yours is more driveable than mine was...I was driving the better halfs Picasso to work

Hi.
All you need to do is fit the blanking plate this renders the EGR redundant, don’t disconnect the wiring or the ECU will throw a tantrum.
Try this first so as not to confuse things; it will probably sort your problem.

any news?

I was wondering that too

Not the easiest of things to fit, one bolt in particular is a pain in the butt to remove so maybe he hasn't fitted it yet?

i'm not far away if he is stuck on them bolts like in the other thread

i wonder what happened

A lot of people only use the forum when they have a problem, once its fixed they're not seen again until the next problem.

So maybe he fixed it, bolts removed, plate installed etc.?

hi I have a fiat stilo jtd i have a loss of power and the more i rev the more smoke i get anyone to help

I had the same problem as treadmaster. Slow till 3000 rpm. And I've solved it by blocking the erg. Thx guys.