EGR Valve Removal

[Jackarmy]

Hi all

new to the forum, not much of a tuner. Been loosing a lot of power with my civic recently, flat spots after gear shifts etc

Had it checked out, nothing coming up on the scan, the injector was leaking a few months ago and the seal needed to be replaced.

Got a mate whose going to contact one of his Honda mates to do a bit of digging etc.

Anyway, i was talking to a colleague about the EGR valve and perhaps this needed cleaning. He suggested just removing the EGR valve full stop. Said it would greatly improve the performance and have a little impact on economy.

Does anyone have any more information on this? Has anyone dont it before? Any long term complications?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Mike

 

[T9 man]

Greetings and Welcome to our TorqueCars Forum my Friend!

I am unable to help you with your question directly, but hopefully somebody can point you in the right direction for the knowledge that you seek!

Good luck!

 

[Jakeymd]

Your best option would be to blank it off if possible rather than remove it. This throws up a fault code and even an engine management light on some cars. To get round this you might be able to drill a small hole in the blanking plate or get it mapped out.
Hope this helps

 

[dagger]

Hi

Welcome to the forum

Hope you get it sorted out

 

[Jackarmy]

Thank you for the welcome -

Jakeymd - I'm gonna have a chat with the guy whose going over the car, and ask him about that. Much easier than removing it, cleaning it bla bla

Cheers

Any other advice would be appreciated

 

[aston]

9 out of ten times they can be sorted with a clean, also give the map sensor a good clean (both can be cleaned with petrol/spirits/meths etc), Be careful if you want to clean the maf sensor though as they are delicate and can only be cleaned with isopropyl alcohol and the like.