So my EGRs decided to start playing up last week. Ordered a suitable blanking kit, it arrived today so I decided in my infinite wisdom that the job must be done straight away, being the patient type and all

We'll talk about making a tricky task much harder by removing all natural light, your workshop light failing almost straight away, so resorting to using a small desk anglepoise light for lighting

Still 3hrs later (including dinner and a 20mins test drive) all sorted and OMG its like a whole new motor, MPG up from 26.4 to 29.8, no clouds of black smoke, nice smooth acceleration. Should have done as soon as I bought it, still you live and learn

I even managed to leave the pipes in place so should be MOT friendly too  2006 RRS HSE 2.7 TDV6 (The Baby one as I keep being told)
1999 Discovery 4.0 V8 (Gone but not forgotten)
1997 Range Rover 3.5 V8 (Long gone now)
1966 Series II SWB with RR 3.5 V8 (Never finished, now sold)

Safe and slow is the key. Did it bring out the undiagnosed tourrettes in you.

Steve. 2006 2.7 TDV6 HSE in Cairns Blue.

Steve, I think my tourrettes is well diagnosed now  2006 RRS HSE 2.7 TDV6 (The Baby one as I keep being told)
1999 Discovery 4.0 V8 (Gone but not forgotten)
1997 Range Rover 3.5 V8 (Long gone now)
1966 Series II SWB with RR 3.5 V8 (Never finished, now sold)

Hi Eskimo what blanking kit did you use? MY08 RR SPORT3.6TD V8 FULLY LOADED, COOLER BOX, GVIF UNIT, PIONEER AVIC-F980DAB HEAD UNIT, RETAINING 4X4 INFO OEM SCREEN AND TS-WX130DA SUB
REAR 9 INCH TOUCH SCREEN HEADREST TV SCREENS, WIRELESS HEADRESTS, IN-CAR WIFI MIRROR BOX FOR WATCHING INTERNET TVIE BBC I-PLAYER ETC... FROM ANDROID, WINDOWS AND IOS PHONES ON THE GO ON ALL SCREENS

Hi Mani,

This is the one I fitted, it blanks both ends off and I also removed the butterfly too.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=ht...1818633650

I have leftt he EGR pipes in place so should the MOT tester looks the pipes are still there so hopefully no issues with that.

Just make sure you have plenty of extensions and UJs for your socket set to get to the drivers side bolts, it's a little tight

Should add, mine is the 2.7v6 so might be different to your TDv8

Hope this helps 2006 RRS HSE 2.7 TDV6 (The Baby one as I keep being told)
1999 Discovery 4.0 V8 (Gone but not forgotten)
1997 Range Rover 3.5 V8 (Long gone now)
1966 Series II SWB with RR 3.5 V8 (Never finished, now sold)

Thanks Pal I shall have a look on Sunday should get my blanking kit tomorrow hopefully  MY08 RR SPORT3.6TD V8 FULLY LOADED, COOLER BOX, GVIF UNIT, PIONEER AVIC-F980DAB HEAD UNIT, RETAINING 4X4 INFO OEM SCREEN AND TS-WX130DA SUB
REAR 9 INCH TOUCH SCREEN HEADREST TV SCREENS, WIRELESS HEADRESTS, IN-CAR WIFI MIRROR BOX FOR WATCHING INTERNET TVIE BBC I-PLAYER ETC... FROM ANDROID, WINDOWS AND IOS PHONES ON THE GO ON ALL SCREENS

I think you'll need to get the EGR mapped out on your TDV8. It's not as straight forward as the earlier 2.7TDV6, sadly. 2012 SDV6 - it's missing a couple of cylinders
2008 TDV8 - it was a labour of love and is much missed

Thanks Pal, I know, my brothers mate does electronic EGR deleting, he is going to give me a hand, providing i get the blanking kit by Sunday MY08 RR SPORT3.6TD V8 FULLY LOADED, COOLER BOX, GVIF UNIT, PIONEER AVIC-F980DAB HEAD UNIT, RETAINING 4X4 INFO OEM SCREEN AND TS-WX130DA SUB
REAR 9 INCH TOUCH SCREEN HEADREST TV SCREENS, WIRELESS HEADRESTS, IN-CAR WIFI MIRROR BOX FOR WATCHING INTERNET TVIE BBC I-PLAYER ETC... FROM ANDROID, WINDOWS AND IOS PHONES ON THE GO ON ALL SCREENS

Nice friend to have Mani  Visitor from fullfatrr.com
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 MY08 RR SPORT3.6TD V8 FULLY LOADED, COOLER BOX, GVIF UNIT, PIONEER AVIC-F980DAB HEAD UNIT, RETAINING 4X4 INFO OEM SCREEN AND TS-WX130DA SUB
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Hope all goes well on Sunday for you Mani

it's made a huge difference to the drivability of mine and a few extra MPGs has made the senior management happy too.......a win win I feel  2006 RRS HSE 2.7 TDV6 (The Baby one as I keep being told)
1999 Discovery 4.0 V8 (Gone but not forgotten)
1997 Range Rover 3.5 V8 (Long gone now)
1966 Series II SWB with RR 3.5 V8 (Never finished, now sold)

How much of a pig of a job was it

It's not that much of a pig to be fair - it would've been easier if I hadn't done it in the evening with a rubbish desk lamp.

I followed the instructions on EGR blanking from this post:

http://www.rrsport.co.uk/forum/topic28424.html

The instructions are nice a clear, the only thing I did differently was to stuff some rags down next to the EGR valve to stop anything falling down when you take it all apart - especially the drivers side as that one is very tight (even worse when you have fat fingers like me!)

I sprayed the bolts onthe EGRs with Plusgas for a few days before and they came off nice and easy - however as said before you need a few extension and joints for the sockets to reach the bolts easily.

Total time workign was about 2hrs from openingthe gargae to get the tools to packing up tools, so not too bad really. The main thing is take your time and don't get frustrated with it otherwise I coudl imagine things going wrong very quickly and easily.

Hope this helps 2006 RRS HSE 2.7 TDV6 (The Baby one as I keep being told)
1999 Discovery 4.0 V8 (Gone but not forgotten)
1997 Range Rover 3.5 V8 (Long gone now)
1966 Series II SWB with RR 3.5 V8 (Never finished, now sold)

Thanks very much eskimo and you said it sounds and runs alot smoother?

just realised I forgot to reply........sorry about that.

yep running much smoother, does seem a little quieter than before, but could be imagining it to be fair.

I have just filled the beast up and reset the MPG and after a reasonable trip around the local town and some A and B roads I'm now returning 29.4mpg which is up by about 3mpg from before fitting the blanking plates.

HTH 2006 RRS HSE 2.7 TDV6 (The Baby one as I keep being told)
1999 Discovery 4.0 V8 (Gone but not forgotten)
1997 Range Rover 3.5 V8 (Long gone now)
1966 Series II SWB with RR 3.5 V8 (Never finished, now sold)