riddick
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After reading a fair few threads about the EGR problems that the 1.3 diesel turbo Pandas suffer. I didn't fancy spending a day or two just to clean it out so after a bit of head scratching I finished the job with the required out-come after 2.5 hours.
Firstly I did the simple part of removing the solenoid and found the valve was stuck solid. I managed to free this up with a bit of WD40 and a long screwdriver. Once free I rebuilt it the engine was run up to temp and a feel of the EGR valve to see if it was getting warm. No temperature felt so I knew the inside of the valve was going to be clogged and after looking at it I decided to cheat.
I removed the pipe that connects to the inlet manifold and inserted a long hose from near the dipstick location. I poured enough of the redex garage supplied equivalent to fully soak the inside of the valve. After a 10min soaking I started the engine and just waited until the exhaust gasses started to blow out of the disconnected pipe confirming the valve was freeing up. Repeated the same soaking for a further 10mins and run up again but this time giving it a few revs to get the valve opening and closing.
Reconnected the pipe which proved a bit of a challenge at first, in the end got a small strap around it and the son pulled from the dipstick area gently moving the pipe into the right place and just slipped on the clamp.
Car was then just run as normal until the ECU cleared the fault.
All sorted in 2.5 hours.
The only additional thing noted was as the car came 'on boost' the limp home activated, to solve this I just WD40'd the turbo actuator and flexed it a couple of times. It did feel stuck at first but now the car pulls like a train with no more fault codes being recorded.
Firstly I did the simple part of removing the solenoid and found the valve was stuck solid. I managed to free this up with a bit of WD40 and a long screwdriver. Once free I rebuilt it the engine was run up to temp and a feel of the EGR valve to see if it was getting warm. No temperature felt so I knew the inside of the valve was going to be clogged and after looking at it I decided to cheat.
I removed the pipe that connects to the inlet manifold and inserted a long hose from near the dipstick location. I poured enough of the redex garage supplied equivalent to fully soak the inside of the valve. After a 10min soaking I started the engine and just waited until the exhaust gasses started to blow out of the disconnected pipe confirming the valve was freeing up. Repeated the same soaking for a further 10mins and run up again but this time giving it a few revs to get the valve opening and closing.
Reconnected the pipe which proved a bit of a challenge at first, in the end got a small strap around it and the son pulled from the dipstick area gently moving the pipe into the right place and just slipped on the clamp.
Car was then just run as normal until the ECU cleared the fault.
All sorted in 2.5 hours.
The only additional thing noted was as the car came 'on boost' the limp home activated, to solve this I just WD40'd the turbo actuator and flexed it a couple of times. It did feel stuck at first but now the car pulls like a train with no more fault codes being recorded.