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sparky
08-03-10, 06:28 PM
Hi


Does anyone know where I can get one of these, as Vauxhall say not one dealer in the whole country have any, and unipart dont do them either.

Would appreciate it, as I'm a bit stuck now.

Its for a E16SE


Cheers


Sparky
mowgli
08-03-10, 06:31 PM
either get it backordered, or just use exhaust jointing paste on the old one.
djbrowney
08-03-10, 06:33 PM
dont use exhaust jointing paste before the cat, try auto vaux !
mowgli
08-03-10, 06:34 PM
dont use exhaust jointing paste before the cat, try auto vaux !

explain please.......as it is an E16se
djbrowney
08-03-10, 06:49 PM
if it has an egr it should have a cat, should it not ?:thumb:
mowgli
08-03-10, 06:51 PM
if it has an egr it should have a cat, should it not ?:thumb:

e16se is a no cat engine.. when people fit carbs or bodies, they blank it off
djbrowney
08-03-10, 06:53 PM
ok my bad mate but still try auto vaux they will be able to help you mate !
brucer
08-03-10, 06:59 PM
i blanked mine off on a mildly tuned motor. just get a 3mm plate, cut it to shape, drill 2 holes and seal it back on to the inlet. you will then need a small blanking plug for the vacuum hose from the inlet iirc. use some silicone sealer to seal the plate with.

browney-you can use exhaust sealer before a cat aslong as your pixxed off enough with a funking blow and nothing else sorts it!! lol. or use silicone sealer, thats a hot tip.;)
sparky
08-03-10, 07:10 PM
Have thought about sealing it, but read that you have to delete the egr in the ecu?

Thanks for the fast responses by the way :)
Ben
08-03-10, 07:15 PM
Im sure on the e16se the ecu will cope with the loss itself.
sparky
08-03-10, 08:14 PM
So will it run better without it?
mowgli
08-03-10, 08:18 PM
So will it run better without it?

depends on if your engine is std or seriously modified
AlexW
08-03-10, 08:23 PM
ECU will cope fine with it, not as if its electronic EGR is it? Just blank it.
novanova636
08-03-10, 08:30 PM
could blanking it all off make the car fail on its emissions in the mot?
AlexW
08-03-10, 08:31 PM
Nope.
novanova636
08-03-10, 08:32 PM
next job for me then lol
sparky
08-03-10, 08:38 PM
No,not an electronic EGR, operated by a vacum pipe, I'll give it a go when I get the engine back together, cant lose anything.

Cheers guys! :)
brucer
08-03-10, 09:00 PM
tbh i dont think you would gain much from doing it as the EGR is only open on idle to control the NOx content.
sparky
08-03-10, 09:25 PM
Will it not idle as well without it? A good idle is important to me as it was idling badly when I bought it and its sorted now.
Ben
08-03-10, 09:31 PM
If you blank it off right and sort the vacum pipe then yes will idle fine.
brucer
08-03-10, 09:43 PM
heres my old one, notice in the top right of the pic which vacuum pipe is blocked off.

http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z24/bachilds1988/nova%20progress/DSC00294.jpg
sparky
08-03-10, 10:56 PM
Cheers, this is what I'm gonna do, let crap to clutter up the engine bay!