Good to know. RealOEM's parts diagrams as well as the online stores' databases don't have a category for EGR, so it's proving to be difficult to find out how the system is designed. But the one EGR valve that I can find is $511 from FCP so it looks like I will see if I can get by without it. This is the one that people replace the spring on, so maybe that is the ticket. Still learning.

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2003 3.0 5MT Topasblau
Purchased in 2016 and sold in 2024
2012 35d Platingrau