I stripped out the inlet manifold today I think it took longer to get the all the ruddy plastic covers off than the manifold.

As I said in my newbie post with the lump being unhappy at low rpm I can now see why .

This egr which is hard to see in the pic but the sliding rod is so coked up it has'nt been doing its job for a while .

So the below is on its way and 4 blank plugs for the swirl flaps which are so manky would never have bee shutting properly, but on the plus side they were that coked up the death screws were never going to fall out :lol:

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Im going to follow this thread, as I will be doing the same very soon.

Blanking plates fitted and manifold back in just waiting on the egr replacement,

Coked bumged hole in the manifold with this and the coked egr I wonder what volume the airflow was reduced by .

In this bit pic at the midle are five brass sleeves that go over sttubs on the head . A word of warning these are actualy in two pieces. when I removed the manifold one stayed on the stub and one fell off to the side of the engine.

Thankfully not down the port.

The crap scraped out .

The coke bunged offendind aricles .

Now back in .

You are rapidly becoming my hero...

Keep up the good work dude

Job done went for a run I know it can be wishfull thinking but the car feels like its pulling stronger now and more importantly no low rpm surging or bog from the off .

As for fitting the egr replacement which can be different for various makers this is what I found .

When I connected the valve to the manifold first I found the silver pipe did not line up to well but clamped it up anyway. This resulted in it blowing .

So I took it off and connected this part first. I then had to use slight pressure to line up the ally heads to bolt it which sorted the blowing out .

Total job cost approx £90 and ten cuppas which is worth it for peace of mind and the said improvements .

Hmmm what to do next

Gav crack on then lad :)

What to do next took 5 minutes a bito bling.

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IT seems with a NOV 2003 build date I am unfortunate enough to have the EML on so I'm gonna price up having this fault code removed fom the brain to not show up again :(

Got the code took out today my mate introduced me to his friend a non franchised bmw specialist .

He also told meit might or might not come back on but a way round it is to plug the vacum pipe that goes onto the back of the egr replacement. All for no cost :)

Nice one.

Soon as I fitted new engine in the Megane I will be doing exactly this to my 320d.

Keep up the good work mate.

How many miles your car done?