EGR valve

[banny]

would a partially blocked EGR make fuel ecomony worse.
I get about 100 miles to a tenner, should I get more out of my 130 tdi.
Dont mind doing it if it is gonna improve, also is there a guide about as I remember seeing one somewhere, as I dont want to break the plastic bit.

 

[petewon]

100 miles for a tenner sounds reasonable to me. I think my missus gets around that in her 1.9 110 golf

I get roughly 45 to £10 im mine

 

[banny]

But would cleaning the EGR make a difference, I am sure it used to be better on fuel.

 

[petewon]

Im realy not sure if it would affect your MPGs, you might wanna ask some of the diesel folk.

Is this the thread you were on about?

http://www.audi-sport.net/vb/showthread.php?t=28539&highlight=clean+EGR

 

[banny]

Nah not the thread, might of been on another audi forum, know you have to be careful with the plastic bit, can break easy.

 

[Macduff]

would a partially blocked EGR make fuel ecomony worse.
I get about 100 miles to a tenner, should I get more out of my 130 tdi.
Dont mind doing it if it is gonna improve, also is there a guide about as I remember seeing one somewhere, as I dont want to break the plastic bit.

No idea how much your fuel is a litre but based on 93.9 (what it is with me) that equates to 42.6mpg which is better than I get from my 130 Sport. It really depends on the type of driving and the length of journeys. The book combined figure is 47.9 and your unlikely to achieve that.

 

[banny]

its around 95.9 down here, can get Shell for 93.9 but its ten miles away.
What do you get from your 130 sport then.

 

[Macduff]

I get high 30's or very low 40's at best in day-to-day driving which is mainly shortish (5-7 miles) journeys on twisty rural roads.

Best I've had was just over 47 on a 500 mile trip. I was the only occupant and the car wasn't loaded.