Siberianfox wrote:

Any luck yet ?

There are so many systems that can go wrong with these cars. Hope it is something simple (and more importantly cheap) the you can get back to enjoying your car

simon1233 wrote:

There are so many systems that can go wrong with these cars. Hope it is something simple (and more importantly cheap) the you can get back to enjoying your car

got back ok any way that was a big weight off me head . drived perfect in manual mode so hope its not anything to serious

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hi guys right the garage i go have put it on the diognostic and came back the two e g r valves have gone . said they are going to cost 600 pound all in do you think that is about right or just pay for the dioynostic and buy my own and get another garage to do it . e g r valvels are going for about 185 for one ? on ebay.

tony harker wrote:

hi guys right the garage i go have put it on the diognostic and came back the two e g r valves have gone . said they are going to cost 600 pound all in do you think that is about right or just pay for the dioynostic and buy my own and get another garage to do it . e g r valvels are going for about 185 for one ? on ebay.

blank them off no more problems with the egr valves

EGR valves are available on eBay for about £125 per side. If you have an older car (pre MY07 IIRC) you can blank the valves. Blanks are available on eBay for around £10 but I read on the disco 3 site that a 2pence piece is the ideal size

simon1233 wrote:

EGR valves are available on eBay for about £125 per side. If you have an older car (pre MY07 IIRC) you can blank the valves. Blanks are available on eBay for around £10 but I read on the disco 3 site that a 2pence piece is the ideal size

Bloody hell its getting cheaper to blank them off 2p now

my car is a 55 plate so i can blank them off , but wouldnt that afect the peformance off the car ? yes seen them egr valvels for 125 each

simon if i blank them off how will that sort the gear change in auto?

Hi Tony

I have no idea if blanking the valves will rectify the problems you have had with the gearbox shifting in auto?

Possibly the car is recognising that the valves have failed and is in 'limp mode'? I am a little out of my depth here

Regarding the performance the info on the D3 site seems to be positive overall, they seem to think that the blanked engines run better, the only thing you notice is a slight increase in emissions, but apparently not enough to fail an MOT.

For the sake of 4p and a couple of hours with a spanner you could try to blank the valves and see if the system resets itself and then if the gearbox starts to shift properly again. There are comprehensive instructions on the D3 site, or just try googling 'disco 3 egr valve blanking'.

Personally I had 1 EGR valve fail at christmas, the symptoms I got was a complete lack of performance under 2500 rpm - gearbox worked normally tho'. Happily my car (also a 55 plate) has an extended LR warranty so the valve was replaced without costing me anything.

Let me know how you get on

Simon

thanks for that info mate will let you no the out come cheers

Get the Auto Box oil filter changed.
Syd

600 pound all done running good again