motorsiklemad
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- C Class W203 / 2005 / 270cdi
Hi
I have had my 2005 C Class estate 270cdi se for 6 months now and love it.
The problem is the other week the EGR Solenoid failed and threw an engine fault. I took my car back to the dealer I bought it from to get it plugged into the Star diagnostic and get the code and fix the problem. The garage were really helpful and only charged me for the part £116. When I mentioned that I was thinking about stripping out the flaps from the inlet manifold and removing the motor the guy at the garage advised me not to. His reason being that it could cause damage to other parts like the turbo etc and the bypass for the flap motor might interfere with other electrical parts. 1 other thing he said that I thought was rather strange was, (We never clean the EGR on that model as part of a service) That explains why my one was in such a mess then
They also said that they were pretty sure that my car would need the manifold changed soon as it would fail if they smoke tested the car. They are right as it does smoke under load.
Does anyone on here have any experience with the flap removal causing problems?
Is there anyone on here that has had the flap mod done on their car and done a decent amount of trouble free miles?
Thank you in advance for any information received. I just want to make sure that I do the right thing here.
I have had my 2005 C Class estate 270cdi se for 6 months now and love it.
The problem is the other week the EGR Solenoid failed and threw an engine fault. I took my car back to the dealer I bought it from to get it plugged into the Star diagnostic and get the code and fix the problem. The garage were really helpful and only charged me for the part £116. When I mentioned that I was thinking about stripping out the flaps from the inlet manifold and removing the motor the guy at the garage advised me not to. His reason being that it could cause damage to other parts like the turbo etc and the bypass for the flap motor might interfere with other electrical parts. 1 other thing he said that I thought was rather strange was, (We never clean the EGR on that model as part of a service) That explains why my one was in such a mess then
They also said that they were pretty sure that my car would need the manifold changed soon as it would fail if they smoke tested the car. They are right as it does smoke under load.
Does anyone on here have any experience with the flap removal causing problems?
Is there anyone on here that has had the flap mod done on their car and done a decent amount of trouble free miles?
Thank you in advance for any information received. I just want to make sure that I do the right thing here.