2004 Ford Mondeo - EGR Valve - How Much?

shanks84

It's a 1.8 petrol engine. Thanks for the above walkthrough! I'll have a good look through it. Is it difficult? I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to cars!

Hammyman

shanks84 wrote: »

It's a 1.8 petrol engine. Thanks for the above walkthrough! I'll have a good look through it. Is it difficult? I'm pretty much a novice when it comes to cars!

Nah...not much to go wrong although my guide was for the diesel

BigDee2

I'm about to clean my EGR valve out, for the first time, as my car is smoking quite a bit and there's also 'hesitation' at higher speeds.

The EGR cleaning info that has been provided is very useful but can you tell me if I need a torque wrench for the bolts for the EGR valve and exhaust manifold? if so, what are the settings?

Thanks

Hammyman

BigDee2 wrote: »

I'm about to clean my EGR valve out, for the first time, as my car is smoking quite a bit and there's also 'hesitation' at higher speeds.

The EGR cleaning info that has been provided is very useful but can you tell me if I need a torque wrench for the bolts for the EGR valve and exhaust manifold? if so, what are the settings?

Thanks

No you don't need a torque wrench, just tighten them up well but not mentally hanging off a breaker bar with a scaff pole on :D.

There will be torque settings somewhere but "tight" is sufficient.

BigDee2

OK. Thank you Hammyman.

loonyknownothing

Dont Know If It Helps But I Cleaned Out My EGR Earlier In The Week And It Made No Difference To The Smoking & Hesitation. But Today I've Just Disconnected The EGR Valve By Taking The Vacuum Pipe Off The Valve & Just Kinking It Over. It Confirmed The EGR Valve Was At Fault But It Didnt Bring No Warning Lights On & I Believe The Engine Was Running So Much Smoother On My Journey This Evening. Such As Massive Reduction In Smoke & No Hesitation. Cant Really Afford £206 For A New Valve!!!
Hope This Helps Anyone Who Aint Sure Weather The EGR Is At Fault Or Not..

Loonyknownothing

benham3160

loonyknownothing wrote: »

Dont Know If It Helps But I Cleaned Out My EGR Earlier In The Week And It Made No Difference To The Smoking & Hesitation. But Today I've Just Disconnected The EGR Valve By Taking The Vacuum Pipe Off The Valve & Just Kinking It Over. It Confirmed The EGR Valve Was At Fault But It Didnt Bring No Warning Lights On & I Believe The Engine Was Running So Much Smoother On My Journey This Evening. Such As Massive Reduction In Smoke & No Hesitation. Cant Really Afford £206 For A New Valve!!!
Hope This Helps Anyone Who Aint Sure Weather The EGR Is At Fault Or Not..

Loonyknownothing

That Must Take A Lot More Effort To Type Capitalising Every Word!

Seriously though, the offical bodge is to blank off the EGR valve with a peice of steel, some bolts and some hylomar. It's really not recomended on modern diesels though.

Regards,
Andy

loonyknownothing

benham3160 wrote: »

That Must Take A Lot More Effort To Type Capitalising Every Word!

Seriously though, the offical bodge is to blank off the EGR valve with a peice of steel, some bolts and some hylomar. It's really not recomended on modern diesels though.

I Heard About The "Bodge" But I Thought There Aint No Point In Taking It All Apart Again If The EGR Wasnt At Fault.


As For The Capitalising Thats Just A Habbit!!

Loonyknownothing

BigDee2

Hi Loonyknownothing,

True, I don't know if my car's EGR valve is at fault but I'll clean it out first and see how it goes.

Did you renew any gaskets? is it really necessary?

I called up a Ford dealership for these but they did not have them in stock.

Regards.

Hammyman

loonyknownothing wrote: »

Dont Know If It Helps But I Cleaned Out My EGR Earlier In The Week And It Made No Difference To The Smoking & Hesitation. But Today I've Just Disconnected The EGR Valve By Taking The Vacuum Pipe Off The Valve & Just Kinking It Over. It Confirmed The EGR Valve Was At Fault But It Didnt Bring No Warning Lights On & I Believe The Engine Was Running So Much Smoother On My Journey This Evening. Such As Massive Reduction In Smoke & No Hesitation. Cant Really Afford £206 For A New Valve!!!
Hope This Helps Anyone Who Aint Sure Weather The EGR Is At Fault Or Not..

Loonyknownothing

All I'll say about the EGR valve is this: Most people on the MEG group advocate disabling it.

Should still pass an MOT OK.