I got a free car wash, duster and air freshener from my dealer today


The catch? I had too buy not one but two new EGR valves from them spent last week puttering around Northumbria leaving a cloud of black smoke behind me and annoying folks with my slow slow pullouts from roundabouts and junctions ( a caravan over took me on the A1 as I had no speed on the slip road, I soon roared past him after the car remebered it did have an engine after all)

cruised home at the end of the week at proper speeds as the EGR fault has little relevance once the engine gets upto speed.


car was fine the day before the holiday, last Monday morning jumped in and set off, no power


Runs sweet as sweet now

Met up with my cousin on the trip, he couldnt laugh too much as his Audi A4 is just back from having a new turbo fitted At work
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winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Could you not blank them off heard of a temp fix with a 2p

blank them off this is a piece of precision engineering not to be messed with,(however if they fail again) At work
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might have help whilst away though

we took it to my cousin mate staying on the same site,as he had a tool box, We popped the engine cove off stared into the engine a while then put everything back and closed the bonnet, there is no working room in there, not a job to do on the grass next to a static caravan in Seahouses.


( I will add here that I did not stay in a caravan, I chose a lovely cottage in Lesbury, it was a holiday not a penance ) At work
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wow a free car wash with every egr replacement i'm booking in lol When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car

no you need 2 egr's for a wash so no good for fl2's At work
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I always ask my dealer specifically not to wash my car.
I'd rather do it myself than risk paint swirls Another member of the failed FL2 clutch/DMF club, twice.

they can just do the inside  When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car

is the EGR vacuum actuated? if so you can just pull the hose so that it doesnt open (same effect as blanking)

electrically actuated At work
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what happens if you unplug it?? something like this?....