Well partly anyway. The EGR valve is being held open by something according 
to the chap at the garage. He's disabled it temporarily and lo, all is fine. 
It's not a stuck valve because removing the power to it and the fast idle 
(which was also stuck on) cures it.

Now all he/I have to do is find out why it's being held open.

-- 
Malc

"Your mother can't climb stairs"
Dalek playground taunt

"Chris Bolus"  wrote in message 
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> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:30:01 GMT, "Malc"
>  wrote:
>
>>Well partly anyway. The EGR valve is being held open by something 
>>according
>>to the chap at the garage. He's disabled it temporarily and lo, all is 
>>fine.
>>It's not a stuck valve because removing the power to it and the fast idle
>>(which was also stuck on) cures it.
>>
>>Now all he/I have to do is find out why it's being held open.
>
> Hmmm... see Andy Hewitt's posting in the "supermarket petrol" thread.


And supermarket diesel relates to the EGR valve in what way? I use fuel from 
wherever is cheapest/most convenient. In general I use either Sainsbury's or 
Esso as the two garages are the same price. I can't honestly say I've ever 
noticed any difference.

-- 
Malc

"Your mother can't climb stairs"
Dalek playground taunt

On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:53:54 GMT, "Malc"
 wrote:


>
>"Chris Bolus"  wrote in message 
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>> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:30:01 GMT, "Malc"
>>  wrote:
>>
>>>Well partly anyway. The EGR valve is being held open by something 
>>>according
>>>to the chap at the garage. He's disabled it temporarily and lo, all is 
>>>fine.
>>>It's not a stuck valve because removing the power to it and the fast idle
>>>(which was also stuck on) cures it.
>>>
>>>Now all he/I have to do is find out why it's being held open.
>>
>> Hmmm... see Andy Hewitt's posting in the "supermarket petrol" thread.
>
>And supermarket diesel relates to the EGR valve in what way? I use fuel from 
>wherever is cheapest/most convenient. In general I use either Sainsbury's or 
>Esso as the two garages are the same price. I can't honestly say I've ever 
>noticed any difference.


just making a link between two faults. This EGR valve is being held
open, Andy (who has vast professional experience) reports on gummed EGR
valves.
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>
> just making a link between two faults. This EGR valve is being held
> open, Andy (who has vast professional experience) reports on gummed EGR
> valves.


Ah, I missed that. But anyway the fault goes away when the EGR solenoid is 
disconnected or something so I don't think it's the fuel.

-- 
Malc

He said it's ok when the wires are disconnected. If it was gummed up, then 
removing the wires wouldn't make any difference. Anyway I doubt if the brand 
of diesel used has anything to do with it . Ive seen many vehicles fucked up 
from EGR faults, nothing to do with diesel.
They're even potentially dangerous. I recently checked a Sprinter ambulance 
with a complaint that it was stalling for no reason. They had it idling for 
about half an hour and it was ok. I decided to take it for a drive and pull 
out onto the road and floored it. It took off by itself even after releasing 
the accelerator. I hit the clutch and turned it off and it revved up to the 
last and nearly blew the pistons out the top of the head. Stopped four lanes 
of traffic with the cloud of smoke. I had to stall the bloody thing to stop 
it. Thankfully it didn't happen while in service. Turned out that it was 
running on oil. The oil was being sucked up from a faulty turbo through our 
old friendly EGR valve.

John


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> On Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:53:54 GMT, "Malc"
>  wrote:
>
>>
>>"Chris Bolus"  wrote in message
>>news:9kami1p3picavbsrav2cqf4kqi297img8b@4ax.com...
>>> On Thu, 15 Sep 2005 20:30:01 GMT, "Malc"
>>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>>Well partly anyway. The EGR valve is being held open by something
>>>>according
>>>>to the chap at the garage. He's disabled it temporarily and lo, all is
>>>>fine.
>>>>It's not a stuck valve because removing the power to it and the fast 
>>>>idle
>>>>(which was also stuck on) cures it.
>>>>
>>>>Now all he/I have to do is find out why it's being held open.
>>>
>>> Hmmm... see Andy Hewitt's posting in the "supermarket petrol" thread.
>>
>>And supermarket diesel relates to the EGR valve in what way? I use fuel 
>>from
>>wherever is cheapest/most convenient. In general I use either Sainsbury's 
>>or
>>Esso as the two garages are the same price. I can't honestly say I've ever
>>noticed any difference.
>
> just making a link between two faults. This EGR valve is being held
> open, Andy (who has vast professional experience) reports on gummed EGR
> valves.
> -- 
> Regards,  Chris    (Please take out my car to reply by email)
> ----1961 Austin A40 Farina----1966 Triumph Herald Estate---
> ---1967 Riley Elf---1965 Hillman Minx---1969 Morris Minor--
> -1972 Mini Clubman estate--1957 Standard 8--1979 Ford Capri
>    ********** Please don't email in HTML! **********