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exhaust gas recirculation thingy??

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  • 17-12-2004 6:28pm
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    catho_monster
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    quick question...

    i've a '98 1 ltr opel corsa. i need to get the exhaust gas recirculation thingy fixed (so the opel garage told me once they'd plugged the car into a machine that told them!)

    question is: do i have to get it done in an opel garage or can any mechanic do it?

    cheers for any advice in advance


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    lomb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭lomb


    as far as i know this is only a 5euro pipe that connects from above theexaust mainifold into the carb,. if u have a look its the silver pipe u see. u can replace this ur self easy. just take it to a motor factor. dont worry u can drive with it off.


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    catho_monster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭catho_monster


    YOU'RE KIDDING!
    the opel garage quoted me 295euro to do it
    u can replace this ur self easy
    i'm a pathetic excuse for a girl. i'm lucky i can drive the thing myself not to mind fix anything that goes wrong with the thing.
    but thanks :)


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    Mercury_Tilt
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    Seth Brundle
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    was just reading http://www.carsurvey.org/review_50950.html - can you clean yours?
    Also check ebay.co.uk for one (Opel = Vauxhall in the UK!). This one sold for UK£7.50 and looks as if it takes a few minutes to replace.


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    catho_monster
    Registered Users Posts: 1,479 ✭✭✭catho_monster


    mercury_tilt wrote:
    Hi Catho,

    Probably the EGR Valve. (Exhaust Gas Recirculation) Thats not a fiver. But if you got a non opel dealer to take care of it for you it would be less that 295 tbh.

    cheers merc
    thats what i needed to know! :)


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    lomb
    Registered Users Posts: 6,031 ✭✭✭lomb


    i believe if u take it out for a spin and gun it u could probably clean it out that way.


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    Tommy Vercetti
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    The EGR warning could be something as simple as a small hole in the exhaust that needs a quick weld, it happened to me last year, I feared the worst too but I got it fixed in a small local garage. I think they charged me about half an hours' labour to sort it out.


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    stratos
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,038 ✭✭✭stratos


    egr ruins your engines power. I don't think emmision rules so strict in 1998. seal it of give your mota powa


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    AMurphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,237 ✭✭✭AMurphy


    While the engine will run quiet happinly with it shut off overall. It will tend to run hotter, hence the probability of "pinging" and a few burned valves.
    Dont know what effect it may have on the CAT, may cause that to run hotter also.


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