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Old 07-27-2013, 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by DanX5d View Post
As far as I remember you can't do it all from underneath unless you are an experienced proctologist. The air cleaner assembly is above the manifold and removing that means removing all the duct work on the firewall etc. The guys at Autologic did mine as well as the PCV valve and the glow plugs at the 200K service.

I would be very interested to see your comaprison between the manifolds. Check to see if the ports match the gasket. The one I saw on the net had the EGR port coming off cylinder one only. Having less exhaust gas in the intake tract is not ideal for emissions, but I am not sure what effect there is on partial throttle tune. Closed or Full throttle will be unaffected.

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I'm already bypassing the egr. That was the first thing I tried when I first noticed some exhaust smell.
Can't notice any difference in driving with the egr bypassed, except less hesitation when taking off.
I'm not 100% sure it is the manifold , but everyone says they crack, a mech told me he'd never seen one that didn't have at least a few cracks...

It could be the turbo, I noticed one morning what looked like a stream of exhaust coming out from my front right hand wheel arch whilst I was waiting to turn right, but then it disappeared later...

I've changed the air cleaner element, and are going to replace the breather , just got to find an E-torx socket to get it off, never seen one like it before.
If I have to remove the intake , I'll do it, but I've read the injectors can weld themselves in and be hell to remove.
I'll remove the covers, air cleaner etc, and then go underneath, after I find a cast iron manifold...
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