Exhaust Gas Recycling

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Exhaust Gas Recycling

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Has anyone had any success with an XM EGR valve on a BX TD engine?

Maybe this is a stupid question...
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That makes a change, all the other forums I'm on are full of EGR valve removal tips! :?
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Defender110 wrote:That makes a change, all the other forums I'm on are full of EGR valve removal tips! :?
I'll second that LOL :lol: :lol:
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/\ what they said!
Why on earth would you want to fit EGR to a BX? Or any car for that matter....
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I was under the impression that they recycle unburnt fuel. That surely can't be a bad thing?
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I thought they recycled carbons & gases so they can be re-burnt reducing emissions further... at least that was my understanding when they fitted it to the old Ford OHV lump to make it last a few more years (mainly in the KA)...
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Post by Vanny »

I know of a three year old Mazda with an EGR valve. With the valve connected the car cuts out usually at high speed, without the valve it runs just fine. EGR is a bad idea, i could probably find hundreds of people in the UK who have removed theres!
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FWIW, I've removed the EGR system from several cars belonging to friends and, in each case, the fuel economy/power output improved markedly.

This seems strange, because the idea of the EGR system is to reduce the amount of pollutants a given engine emits. It's just that, with EGR, a car burns more fuel (thus producing more emissions) to try and generate less emissions ....................... :shock:

Was this idea developed in Dublin by any chance? :twisted:
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