RA Rodeo EGR Valve-what a difference!!

G'day Steve, sorry mate it's a diesel - Exhaust Gas Reciculation (EGR) valve. I believe they have been introduced to reduce emmissions on diesel engines. When I did a search on this site there are some past posts with a bit of info. $225 to replace (part labour & GST) My ute has done 80k. Not an issue with petrol engine and I would have thought you would have had heaps of grunt. Cheers

Mark

Cheers David - is it a simple fix? With mine they said the shaft was bent and when you have a look at the old one the valve sits at a slight angle with a gap the width of a five cent piece. A mate said some people make up a plate and remove them altogether - don't know if the computer would like that though.

MP

Disabling it for the short term is no problem, I can't remember now if we just pulled the plug or if we did some more work, I'd have to look at another Rodeo to remember what we did, but it was pretty easy, only took a couple of minutes.

I will ask the owner if he found out what caused the sticking when he got back home. I suspect it was as you describe, except this one was fully open, which resulted in a huge recycle. This meant the car could hardly move towing a Kimbeley Kamper.

Once it was disabled he completed the rest of the tour including the Simspon and returned to the east coast. I wouldn't disable for the long term, but many people do and say there are no harmful effects for a deisel. Petrol engines suffer burned valves if EGR is disabled.

I saw some recent comments that ERGR shortens engine life and results in increased fuel consumption, so I may change my mind about long term disabling, but only after I fit EGT guage and a few other engine monitoring devices.

Long term you would fit a plate.

Cheers
David

Thanks Richie, I'll see how I go.

MP