Just want to say a massive thank you. I managed to remove the egr valve and give it a good clean today which removed the engine warning light thanks to this video. Pretty chuffed with myself so thanks 👍🏻
Thank you for this video! Exactly what I was looking for. I am in the U.S. with a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze diesel 1.6 - which is a rare vehicle here in the states so there's not a lot of content related to it. Even the local Chevrolet dealer is confused by this cars existence, which is why I am servicing at home.
We clean it in car (2019 Chevy Equinox 1.6 Diesel). **Do at your own risk** 1. Park Car on a slight angle where the back of the car is higher 2. Remove EGR tube to intake. Be careful not to loose the tube gasket at EGR cooler! 3. Cover throttle body intake hole so water/cleaner doesn't get in. 4. Using a 3/4" heater hose (about a foot and half long) "just" insert it into the EGR Cooler, where the tube was. 5. Using a funnel, fill the EGR cooler up with Purple Power (this is the only stuff that works for us). Worried about hydro-lock, it won't fill anywhere else because the EGR valve is closed. 6. Pinch the heater hose where it meets EGR cooler to burp the air out and add more. Let it soak, 2 hours or so. 7. Suck the filthy liquid out using a vacuum device. We use a marine oil change pump. Fill it back up with hot water, burp, briefly soak and remove liquid with vacuum device. The stuff that comes out is thick, that is why we didn't use a shop vac at this step. 8. Remove the heater hose/funnel from EGR cooler and place a pan underneath the car. Take a garden hose/sprayer and rinse out the EGR cooler with some pressure (be careful not to get water in the intake above) The less "black" liquid will drip into the pan underneath. Continue until water coming out of the cooler is slightly dirty. This may take a while depending how dirty it is. 9. **Very important** Using a vacuum device, shop vac, compressed air, etc. Suck out all the liquid in the EGR cooler where it is *dry*. 10. Connect the EGR tube and place the liquids in a container to take to the recycle depot. Tell them it was from a parts washer (degreaser, water and carbon) . **It may not be perfect, but it cleared our code and we now do this as a once a year routine maintenance.**
Great video, thanks. Do u think it is possible to clean the cooler in situ. By taking egr valve and the short metal tubing off. Then filling cooler with cleaning fluid to soak. Then extract fluid before reassembly.
I have just cleaned the inlet manifold to stop swirl flaps sticking on a 100k Astra K. The manifold pressure sensor has a temp sensor built in which I’d how the egr low flow is sensed by the ecu. Cleaning the sensor in the past also clear P0266 no 2 cylinder in balance !
Great videos matey. Before I remove the cooler ect :- I have 1.6 cdti mokka, cleaned silver elbow pipe( very dirty),throttle body( not too dirty) and egr(not too dirty) put it back together, started it then within 5 seconds it conked out, can only get it started for 4 or 5 seconds with easy start. It's as if some foreign body (lumps of disturbed carbon) got jammed somewhere and starved it.would a fully blocked cooler cause a no start condition ? Cheers
Hello first of all thank you for the valuable information. To keep the system clean , after cleaning the both intake and EGR systems manually. I think you should use the LiquiMoly Intake manifold cleaner . It will prolong the service intervals. Use it each time you change the oil. What do you think ?
@@Roverturboand by the way could you shoot a pov version of this video please. I think I’ll do it my self because I just can’t find any mechanic to do it ..
@@Roverturbo well it is I think . I’m not quite sure. I haven’t done it before . I’m not a mechanic, but I will give it a go. I will use this video to guide me. I will let you know.
Done this twice lasts about 3 months before gets blocked again but only doing alot a short journeys thinking now to have a my car remapped removing the egr code this way the cooler shouldn't block again
Most garages won’t clean them, it takes forever. New ones are expensive, plus labour. It doesnt sound cheap but probably over priced. £150 £200 labour. Depends what they charge per hr.
@@Roverturbo Thank you for your reply! I've managed to find someone who will do the whole job for 1k, i know it's still expensive but i don't have much choice unfortunately.. I'll probably ask them to confirm if the old unit is broken or just clogged, then i'll try and clean it myself in my own time and sell on ebay or something to try and get some of the cash back.
Hi I also have P0401 present in the system, got EGR valve replaced but the error still there, Vauxhall says it could be EGR cooler which would cost me about £1600. Car drives fine though. I can’t afford this at the moment. Just wondering: 1. Will there be any impact on my engine or parts if I keep driving it , I only drive about 20miles every week atm? 2. Does Carbon clean helps? Or Is there any other way to clean the EGR cooler ? Thanks
If the code is permanent, it won’t be functioning correctly and potentially not doing regens and your dpf will block. The video at the end shows how to clean the egr cooler.
Thank you so much for this video. I had my EGR replaced and the code kept coming back, I'm certain it must be the cooler. I tried today and got the egr and throttle body out. When I was trying to remove the bypass pipe I dropped the end of my socket down the bay with that tricky nut :(. Will give it another go tomorrow when I get a replacement socket. I did find it strange that the EGR bolts I removed were top right and bottom left, yours look they were top and bottom right, my car is an Astra K 2016. It matches this video: ua-cam.com/video/63aU2KeeEMQ/v-deo.html.
Just want to say a massive thank you. I managed to remove the egr valve and give it a good clean today which removed the engine warning light thanks to this video. Pretty chuffed with myself so thanks 👍🏻
Your welcome…
Thank you for this video! Exactly what I was looking for.
I am in the U.S. with a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze diesel 1.6 - which is a rare vehicle here in the states so there's not a lot of content related to it. Even the local Chevrolet dealer is confused by this cars existence, which is why I am servicing at home.
Thank you so much. This is extremely helpful! And thank you for making this video so quickly. Very much appreciated.
Great video! my Q is: is it possible to remove the cooler with a simply ratchet( not like your automatic one)?
Yes..
@@Roverturboif you remove the pipe at the front, below the EGR valve. Bend it forward and you can spray EGR cleaner in the running engine.
We clean it in car (2019 Chevy Equinox 1.6 Diesel). **Do at your own risk**
1. Park Car on a slight angle where the back of the car is higher
2. Remove EGR tube to intake. Be careful not to loose the tube gasket at EGR cooler!
3. Cover throttle body intake hole so water/cleaner doesn't get in.
4. Using a 3/4" heater hose (about a foot and half long) "just" insert it into the EGR Cooler, where the tube was.
5. Using a funnel, fill the EGR cooler up with Purple Power (this is the only stuff that works for us). Worried about hydro-lock, it won't fill anywhere else because the EGR valve is closed.
6. Pinch the heater hose where it meets EGR cooler to burp the air out and add more. Let it soak, 2 hours or so.
7. Suck the filthy liquid out using a vacuum device. We use a marine oil change pump. Fill it back up with hot water, burp, briefly soak and remove liquid with vacuum device. The stuff that comes out is thick, that is why we didn't use a shop vac at this step.
8. Remove the heater hose/funnel from EGR cooler and place a pan underneath the car. Take a garden hose/sprayer and rinse out the EGR cooler with some pressure (be careful not to get water in the intake above) The less "black" liquid will drip into the pan underneath. Continue until water coming out of the cooler is slightly dirty. This may take a while depending how dirty it is.
9. **Very important** Using a vacuum device, shop vac, compressed air, etc. Suck out all the liquid in the EGR cooler where it is *dry*.
10. Connect the EGR tube and place the liquids in a container to take to the recycle depot. Tell them it was from a parts washer (degreaser, water and carbon) .
**It may not be perfect, but it cleared our code and we now do this as a once a year routine maintenance.**
Great video, thanks. Do u think it is possible to clean the cooler in situ. By taking egr valve and the short metal tubing off. Then filling cooler with cleaning fluid to soak. Then extract fluid before reassembly.
I’m not sure, worth a go. Although I wouldn’t of thought it would clean it properly.
Brilliant was waiting for this video.
I have just cleaned the inlet manifold to stop swirl flaps sticking on a 100k Astra K. The manifold pressure sensor has a temp sensor built in which I’d how the egr low flow is sensed by the ecu. Cleaning the sensor in the past also clear P0266 no 2 cylinder in balance !
Hey where is your garage based anywhere I can find it? And pop down for you to have a look at my car?
Great videos matey. Before I remove the cooler ect :-
I have 1.6 cdti mokka, cleaned silver elbow pipe( very dirty),throttle body( not too dirty) and egr(not too dirty) put it back together, started it then within 5 seconds it conked out, can only get it started for 4 or 5 seconds with easy start.
It's as if some foreign body (lumps of disturbed carbon) got jammed somewhere and starved it.would a fully blocked cooler cause a no start condition ?
Cheers
Wouldn’t of thought so, egr cooler only works with egr valve.
How many hours for change egr in this engine?
Thanks Pro enjoy your day and youse a cleaner with the diesel
Where about are you in the UK? Would you be able to do this job for me on my 66 plate, and how much would it cost?
Hi, I’m in the south. I’m not sure that would work? As the cleaning process can take days.
Hello, where is your workshop at?
I’m based down south.
Where are you based and could I possibly bring my Zafira down for a check up? Anyway you can give me an address ?
I’m down south, I’m not really geared up to deal with the public.
Hello first of all thank you for the valuable information. To keep the system clean , after cleaning the both intake and EGR systems manually. I think you should use the LiquiMoly Intake manifold cleaner . It will prolong the service intervals. Use it each time you change the oil. What do you think ?
I am looking into additives.
@@Roverturboand by the way could you shoot a pov version of this video please. I think I’ll do it my self because I just can’t find any mechanic to do it ..
The video is pretty comprehensive…no?
@@Roverturbo well it is I think . I’m not quite sure. I haven’t done it before . I’m not a mechanic, but I will give it a go. I will use this video to guide me. I will let you know.
@BerkSiyahi good luck.
Thanks mate.. i did it last year but after 10.000km cooler is again clogged on my astra k? What is the solution clean it again?
Yup… there must be a solution. I’m trying a diesel additive, will update.
@@RoverturboHey, any luck with additives? Thanks.
Nothing concrete as the moment, I am using an additive but not sure it it’s worked yet, not done enough millage.
@@Roverturbo keep us posted here, thanks a lot :)
Done this twice lasts about 3 months before gets blocked again but only doing alot a short journeys thinking now to have a my car remapped removing the egr code this way the cooler shouldn't block again
Yup… ours has blocked again..
Very nice! 👌
I've got the same problem! im being charged £1500 to fix, is that correct or am i being ripped off 😅🙃?
Most garages won’t clean them, it takes forever. New ones are expensive, plus labour. It doesnt sound cheap but probably over priced. £150 £200 labour. Depends what they charge per hr.
Saying that… 😳
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@@Roverturbo Thank you for your reply! I've managed to find someone who will do the whole job for 1k, i know it's still expensive but i don't have much choice unfortunately.. I'll probably ask them to confirm if the old unit is broken or just clogged, then i'll try and clean it myself in my own time and sell on ebay or something to try and get some of the cash back.
Hi I also have P0401 present in the system, got EGR valve replaced but the error still there, Vauxhall says it could be EGR cooler which would cost me about £1600. Car drives fine though. I can’t afford this at the moment. Just wondering:
1. Will there be any impact on my engine or parts if I keep driving it , I only drive about 20miles every week atm?
2. Does Carbon clean helps? Or Is there any other way to clean the EGR cooler ?
Thanks
If the code is permanent, it won’t be functioning correctly and potentially not doing regens and your dpf will block.
The video at the end shows how to clean the egr cooler.
Thanks
Thank you so much for this video. I had my EGR replaced and the code kept coming back, I'm certain it must be the cooler. I tried today and got the egr and throttle body out. When I was trying to remove the bypass pipe I dropped the end of my socket down the bay with that tricky nut :(. Will give it another go tomorrow when I get a replacement socket.
I did find it strange that the EGR bolts I removed were top right and bottom left, yours look they were top and bottom right, my car is an Astra K 2016. It matches this video: ua-cam.com/video/63aU2KeeEMQ/v-deo.html.