PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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Given my latest 'incident' with the engine pissing all over itself with oil & also over the padding...
Should I remove it completely, or replace it??
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Corsa E-Tec
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Registered: 4th Feb 04
Location: Stevenage Drives: Leon Cupra
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i removed mine on me old engine,i have no idea what it's used for tho!?
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Greasemonkey
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Registered: 17th Apr 02
Location: Drives a Tractor
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Stops ya engine sounding tappy is sound deadening. Remove it its fine
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
Location: Atherton, Greater Manchester
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gona rip it out in a bit then!
will probably weigh a fair bit too!
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myke
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Registered: 7th Feb 01
Location: High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire
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don't forget to stick something back on over the bonnet sensor, or raise it up the turret.
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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wooops LOL forgot to raise the sensor!!!
well its runnin ok anyways, gave the top of the engine a good clean too after the oil pissin & also removed all the plugs, cleaned down the bores & also all the leads & re-fitted...
plugs seemed a bit loose too which wasn't good! but there in secure now!
Also COMPLETELY removed the EGR on my 'test run' after cleaning the crap off the plugs... no ECU faults or anything! I left on the EGR Valve mind, just removed the air-pump & all the tubing...
Weirdness it didn't return a fault! as the engine started from cold too & also did a hot-start half way round the trip (25 miles)
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chr15barn3s
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Registered: 5th Oct 03
Location: Farnborough
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my corsa doesnt have any padding under the bonnet so i cant see it having an effect on your car
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RichR
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Registered: 17th Oct 01
Location: Waterhouses, Staffordshire
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what the hells the bonnet sensor? - mine didnt have the sound seadening when I got it - don't know if its ever been done and now am worried
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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bonnet sensor is a lil push-switch which detects when the bonnet is open or closed... tied in with the alarm
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
Location: Drives: E39
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i removed the sound deadening then went mad and got the polish out a fair longtime ago lol! yay paul is joining the no egr crap club
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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mine doesnt have any soud deadning under the bonnet
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PaulW
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indeed!
shopping list for tonight is a big fook-off rusty bolt to clog up the hole & a lil rubber bung to seal off the old vacuum tubing to the EGR sensor by the suspension turret...
That should do the job & save me having to blank the damn thing off!
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Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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i dont have a egr 
on any of my cars
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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and I wont have one after tonight either
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Adam-D
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ive just had a thought im gonna get them all out one day an get a photo of the "fleet" 
right im getting my tools and buggereing of to get some parts from the good ol scrappy
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PaulW
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Adam - ya wana see if they have any elecy window switches from a fairly-new sport for me?? & do your usual 'over-the-wall' technique for small parts 
mines a bit buggered 
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
Location: Reading: Drives : Clio 197
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Its not the EGR you have removed Paul, its the secondary air pump.
EGR is located on the back of the engine and on the Corsa unless you have small hands you will find it very difficult to get to.
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PaulW
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hmmmm bah so what the fook is that at the front then
the air-pump is connected to nothing, its just 1 hose going to the valve on the exhaust manifold & dont connect anywhere else, except for the small vacuum hose...
Ollie, do you have a pic handy of the EGR?? I can't find anything else which will be re-sircing exhaust gases connected to the engine...
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broster
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Registered: 6th Dec 02
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so many people say its not reates but no one has yet shown me what the egr is connected to in order for it to recirculate the gasses?!
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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quote:
Originally posted by broster
so many people say its not reates but no one has yet shown me what the egr is connected to in order for it to recirculate the gasses?!
Only thing it looks like it does is pumps the gases back into the engine bay through the pump!
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Ojc
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Registered: 14th Nov 00
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It pumps air to the CAT to warm it up or something, the secondary air pump that is.
The EGR, well I have no clue what it does.
I will see if I can get a pic of it later as its a lot easier to get to on the Nova with the X16XE.
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Ojc
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Oh and BTW, the EGR is right beneath the IACV.
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