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EGR valve

  • 03-10-2013 11:33am
    #1
    donegal__road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 953 ✭✭✭


    Hi, Volvo v40, 1.9 td, engine losing a bit of power lately.. was told it could be EGR valve needs cleaning, also air flow meter. I unplugged the air flow meter and cleaned it plus the insert on the manifold it plugs into.. engine still sluggish.

    So I attempted to remove the EGR valve to clean it, but I cant seem to remove the outer cylinder.. there must be something Im not doing, wonder could someone throw some light on this please... cheers


Comments

  • #2
    88manta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 203 ✭✭88manta


    Did you get a diagnostic scan done before you went down this road?

    should direct you in the right direction to solve your problem!!


  • #3
    donegal__road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 953 ✭✭✭donegal__road


    88manta wrote: »
    Did you get a diagnostic scan done before you went down this road?

    should direct you in the right direction to solve your problem!!

    I brought it to a local garage and they tried running a diagnostics test on it, but the Volvo V40 wasn't in the diagnostic scanner database of cars.. I did read that the EGR valve clogging with sediment was a common problem with the V40, and it did seem to be pretty splattered looking at the seam when I took a look... so my guess is that the EGR valve has never been cleaned on this car.


  • #4
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,193 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    What year is the car?


  • #5
    donegal__road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 953 ✭✭✭donegal__road


    jimgoose wrote: »
    What year is the car?

    its an 02


  • #6
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,193 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    donegal__road wrote: »
    its an 02

    Row-locks. Probably no OBD then.


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  • #7
    donegal__road
    Closed Accounts Posts: 953 ✭✭✭donegal__road


    there is an OBD port under the dash that the diagnostic device plugged into.. maybe I should have done a search under Volvo S40 instead.

    I'll post my question on the Volvo forum,

    thanks for having a look.


  • #8
    johnayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    The port will be there alright. But the obd requirement didn't become compulsory in the diesels until 2004(in Europe). So the standard eobd scanner is unlikely to communicate with it.


  • #9
    jimgoose
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,193 ✭✭✭✭jimgoose


    donegal__road wrote: »
    there is an OBD port under the dash that the diagnostic device plugged into.. maybe I should have done a search under Volvo S40 instead.

    I'll post my question on the Volvo forum,

    thanks for having a look.

    Mrs. Goose's 1999 Xsara has one too, but it speaketh not.


  • #10
    johnayo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    jimgoose wrote: »
    Mrs. Goose's 1999 Xsara has one too, but it speaketh not.

    :pac::pac::pac:


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