Hi all can anyone explain what symtoms you get with a sticking egr valve on a 55 plate sport diesel i assume there is only one and is it possible to lubricate them /it if so how do i find it/them thanks in advance pete

also where is the battery situated is it under the cover on the right under the bonnet cheers

Lack of power, poor throttle response etc

As yours is a 55 plate, they can be blanked. Pair of blanking plates can be bought off Ebay for £10
There are 2 valves, one on each side. Normally they fail without warning.

The battery is located under the rear right hand plastic cover, if you stand at the front of the car

Thanks Mikey for your help my rrs is fine i just keep reading and hearing about egr valves and im new to rrs so just getting a little knowledge probably wont sink in but worth a try cheers pete

Personally, I would have them blanked off, regardless if there was an issue or not.

If the valve does fail, in true LR fashion, it will fail at the most inopportune moments!

If they are blanked, and a valve does fail, you will never know about it

Hi mikey a daft question will blanking them off interfere with mot can you tell if it has already been done and lastly is it easy enough to do is there a how to on here thanks pete

It wont interfere with the MOT as yet. It is still not a failable item.

However, if the valves are blanked, it is quite difficult to see if it has been done, due to lack of access/visibilty down the side of the engine.
There is a more expensive EGR removal kit available, but this kit does away with the pipework all together. IF it then does become a failable item, these people may then have to buy themselves all the appropriate pipework to make it look like they have not been tampered with

They are easy enough to do. Last set I done in just over 30 mins

There is a how to floating around someplace, over on D3 IIRC

So it's better to blank than remove so if it does become mot able you should be ok what is d3 iirc please

Disco3.co.uk + If I Remember Correctly

Hi mikey if you or anyone could point me in the right direction of a how to for tblanking he egr valves on a rrs 55 plate i would be grateful im about to have the cambelt done so i might do it myself with the help of a mate and do the egr's while im at it just so i know they are blanked off thanks in advance

How To - Blank EGR's

Thanks mikey looks tricky anyone near to wigan who does this job let me know cheers pete

I've been thinking of blanking mine off, is it possible on an 07, I've read somewhere that it might not be, how can I tell for sure? Is it a chassis number thing?

The 10th digit of the chassis number, corresponds to the model year of the car.

For example, SALLSAA137A****** would be an 07MY. It changes at 2010MY to letters, instead of numbers

Blonde question - what does the MY stand for?

My chassis number is SALLSAA137A1***** does this mean it can be blanked with the kit?

Model Year ie MY 10, 12 13 etc, its just a term we use just like other car forums.