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popeclement
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Date Registered: 07-2008
Location: Perth, WA
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Re: EGR Valve Cleaning & EGR Related MIL Error Code
quote: Toddyh03 wrote:
Still worth considering though. I wonder if this ECU update will make a difference to the EGR issue.
I had the ECU update done in Jan. I had my mate drive the car to observe the amount of 'smoke' from the exhaust. It does seem less. Begs the question - is it better out or 'recirculated'.
Last edited by jalalski, 3/Apr/2013, 5:31 pm
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Toddyh03
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Date Registered: 08-2011
Location: Lalor Park, NSW
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Re: EGR Valve Cleaning & EGR Related MIL Error Code
You shouldn't get much smoke out of the exhaust regardless of what the EGR valve is doing as the DPF in the exhaust is designed to catch the soot etc and burn it off.
--- Toddyh X-2048 (c)
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3/Apr/2013, 8:12 am
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Exywarrior
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Date Registered: 10-2011
Location: Darwin, NT
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Re: EGR Valve Cleaning & EGR Related MIL Error Code
I had the ECU upgrade done back in March when the EGR was replaced.
The head mechanic (seems like a very knowledgeable bloke on the M9R) told me that the ECU upgrade changes a number of things - the turbo cut-in time, the boost pressure and the EGR valve closing times. This upgrade is supposed to help reduce EGR failure as well as the problem of oil on the air filter.
When I drove the car briefly after the EGR changeout it seems to have definitely chenged the turbo behaviour, but I haven't driven it enough since the upgrade since the DPF gave out.
Will advise when I get the car back around mid-Apr.
--- Mark T
2011 Series 4 T31 TL Auto - Twilight, factory towbar, factory mats, tinting, Cooper CS5s, cathodic protection, paint protection, yada yada...and no Provent
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3/Apr/2013, 11:31 am
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cooch t31
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Date Registered: 06-2008
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
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Re: EGR Valve Cleaning & EGR Related MIL Error Code
quote: Toddyh03 wrote:
One extra con Tony:
Extra NOX from the exhaust
Still worth considering though. I wonder if this ECU update will make a difference to the EGR issue. If it doesn't then a blanking plate will be worth more investigation I reckon. I would like to be able to monitor the exhaust temps after the mod though.
You'd have to get an EGT (Exhaust Gas Temperature) gauge if you want to monitor it Todd.
--- Tony X-891c
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3/Apr/2013, 4:49 pm
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Toddyh03
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Date Registered: 08-2011
Location: Lalor Park, NSW
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Re: EGR Valve Cleaning & EGR Related MIL Error Code
Yeah I knew that Tony. Been keeping an eye on some of the Patrol forums for that exact reason.
--- Toddyh X-2048 (c)
New: Challenger
Old: 2010 T31 Diesel modified
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3/Apr/2013, 7:41 pm
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jalalski
Date Registered: 02-2004
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Re:
It would already have the latest ECU software.
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4/Apr/2013, 4:10 pm
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Exywarrior
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Date Registered: 10-2011
Location: Darwin, NT
TOTAL POSTS: 325
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Re: EGR malfunction
I posted about the ECU software patch HERE.
I would recommend you get the patch. I'm told by my mechanic that it helps with the EGR valve issue, and the oil-on-the-oil-filter problem as well.
I have just been all that you are going through (although I've yet to get me car back as it's waiting for spare parts - nil stock in Australia of EGR valves and DPFs).
Read through the other threads related to EGR valves and DPFs and you'll get the whole picture.
--- Mark T
2011 Series 4 T31 TL Auto - Twilight, factory towbar, factory mats, tinting, Cooper CS5s, cathodic protection, paint protection, yada yada...and no Provent
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