EGR clean - Limerick

JAMES VTI S

I have a 2007 1.9 TDI VW Caddy and the EGR/minifold need cleaning.





I'v taken the throttle body off and could get only two bolts of the EGR housing off because I could not get to the bottom bolt.



This is in the way of getting an extension through to the bolt.




:rolleyes:

Is there anyone who I can trust to do a good job, id prefer that they take the manifold off to do it properly.

Blazer

there's a chap out in Clare that does EGR/DPF cleaning and fitting swirl flaps.
I'll root out his contacts as he was advertising over on bmw-drivers.net forum.

JAMES VTI S

Blazer wrote: »

there's a chap out in Clare that does EGR/DPF cleaning and fitting swirl flaps.
I'll root out his contacts as he was advertising over on bmw-drivers.net forum.

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Scrappy600

Mr. muscle oven cleaner, one of the few products available that still contains the chemicals needed to break down the carbon soot. Have used it before and works very well, plus is flammable so is burned off almost instantly. Also used for cleaning sticking vanes on turbos, used it on my b6 a4 before for the same purpose and it was perfect.

Chimaera

Be careful using oven cleaner - it can damage the aluminium in the manifold if left for too long. There's also the difficulty of making sure all residues are cleaned out before starting the engine. If you have time, soaking it for a day or two in kerosene will loosen a lot of it.

Blazer

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

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DPF cleaning..out in Newmarket on Fergus

http://www.thedpfclinic.com/contact-us/

JAMES VTI S

They told me to replace it.

The problem is getting the parts off (manifold and egr)

Blazer

JAMES VTI S wrote: »

They told me to replace it.

The problem is getting the parts off (manifold and egr)

who told you to replace it?

JAMES VTI S

Blazer wrote: »

who told you to replace it?

http://www.thedpfclinic.com/contact-us/

bazz26

Try Brendan Holmes of Alpina Motorworks, out in Castlemungret (opposite the Irish Cement Factory). They specialise in German cars: - http://www.alpinamotorworks.ie/

Blazer

strange that they told you to replace it when they state on the website they can restore to as new quality...they give any reason?

SpannerMonkey

+1 for brendan holmes out by the cement factory he recently did this for me on my bmw and he did a proper job on it , no more smoke out the back when i floor the car . he cleaned the whole manifold not just the egr . http://www.alpinamotorworks.ie/

JAMES VTI S

That's what i want, the manifold/EGR removed and cleaned.

JAMES VTI S

Booked it in for Saturday morning.

Thanks everyone.