EGR issues - check yours mines clogging up after 15k!

M7R

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I have a 2012 seat exeo fitted with the 170bhp common rail engine like the b8, and I have been getting rubbish mpg, one guy on seat-cupra.net has has his cut out, and the dealer said there is a know issue with 140s and the egr/ throttle, and he has had the same on his 170..

Theres far more b8s than exeos so I wondered if you guys had any problems, or could check your egr valves, this is mine,


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Can other folks check theirs, ESP 170 owners and post up how their looks after x many miles, it's dead easy to do, the enine cover just lifts off, and then it's a flat head screwdriver to undo the the jubilee clip, then just pull the pipe off, a 2 min job,

Cheers


Karl
 
My DPF light came on the other day, so I did a motorway run at 4000 rpm for 15 miles, seems to have cured it.
 
EGRs clogs up usually when the DPF is full . It forces exhaust gases through the EGR.