egr blank off plate thickness 3.0ltd

HI Toohey,
I used a piece of 16 gauge mild steal thats about 1mm thick and it doesn't leak considering I didn't use any gaskets or sealant. I did face it on a flat surface before fitting though.

Chaz

you guys are nuts...... read other posts very carefully before doing this...

short term good can be long term bad!!!!!!!

Not sure how thick but just grabbed some sheet steel from under the bench.
Used new gaskets either side with original bolts.
I suggest you take the pipe right off and put the bottom end on some wet and dry over a sheet of glass to check to see if it is warped.
It will be.
120scruiser

Whats erg?

The dictionary quote:
erg an absolute metric unit of work or energy, equal to 10 to the -7 (not sure how to write scientific notation on this dam thing) joule. [from the Greek, ergon=work].

A noise I make after I cut a cable.

erg??????????

here is an example for the engine I use ..
http://www.kennedydiesel.com/docs/blocker%20plate%20install.pdf
gmd

toohey

I used a piece of 1mm stainless, probably could have done with ordinary mildsteel but the guys said they would do a stainless one for me for the same price, so I went with it. I did not fit a gasket as well but put a bead of sealastic on the exhaust side. Did not put any sealastic on the intake side as I was worried about the possibility of a piece breaking off and going in to the intake.

Initial impressions so far are good, slight performance improvements across the rev-range, although nothing to get excited about, but yesterday on the highway, where before to maintain 110 kmh the engine use to boost between 8-12 psi, it sat between 4-7 psi yesterday, so I am expecting an improvement in fuel consumption as well. Will post the results in a few weeks.

Cheers

Snowy