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#GRABIT REACHING TOOL INSTALL#

The Repair Manual has a compicated install instruction, involving loose assembly of the valve and cooler, install, and torque sequence. But it took maybe 10 minutes, various tricks. I just kept loosening the whole EGR assembly, pulling it away from the engine body a bit, trying different positions, finally got it threaded and going in. I found it especially hard to get it started when reinstalling. I found the same, seems like fit tolerances are problematic. Front stud on the cooler: notes in his video that this one was difficult to remove. Did I mention that gasket could use retaining clips, lol.ģ. Lucky I was able to spot it and fish it out with a grabit tool. Scratched my head a bit, and finally found it: it had dropped down when I removed the studs or the cooler. Just before commencing to put things back on, I realized I was ONE GASKET SHORT, that one. That gasket could REALLY use some clips, to hold it on, and align it. I was able to get the top stud through with the captured gasket, but then it was hard to judge alignment of that gasket, make sure the lower hole in the gasket was aligned. Getting the lower stud back on, at the connection between cooler back flange and exhaust manifold flange. Watching the video again after, I see he reaches around from the back, kind of going in clockwise, which was a face-smack moment for me, lol.Ģ. And subsequently getting back on, without dropping it.

Reaching and removing the nut on the underside of the EGR cooler. I, on the other hand, find whatever can go wrong will go wrong. He makes it look easy, has a aptitude for this.

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Watch videos: the EGR cleaning video, plus the spark plug video (for windshield cowl removal), plus the throttle body cleaning video (for air box removal). Intake opening diameter (at exhaust): 20.9 mm (#3 stopper)Įxit opening diameter (at EGR valve): 25.7 mm (#5.5 stopper)Ĭoolant pipe spigots dia (3): 17.0 mm (exclusive of rib at endĬoolant pipe spigots dia (1): 9.1 mm (exclusive of rib at end

Observations, from EGR taken off the car: Here's the measurements of the cooler end openings: But kosher rubber stoppers would be better. They worked ok with a nitrile glove wrapped, sealed just good enough. I also cobbled some hardwood dowel stoppers to plug up the cooler ends while adding cleaner. I was also going to get of palm wrenches, but shipping was going to be slow, opted to cobble this: I get the sense when someone buys they subsequently jump the price?Īnd needing an E8 Torx socket, for stud removal, I got this: What's weird, when I bought, a matter of days back, the price was $14 something. I found them not difficult to remove, just a little squeaky, and not on too hard. The rusty bit is the tack-welded nut on the back of the EGR cooler flange.

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