Egr valve problem,

[alan forbes]

Surely if you just un plug the lead to the solonoid the egr will not open anyway without the need to blank it off

[lozz]

ithink your correct Alan,

altho im sure there will be a few thatl say Egr Blanking is the Way,
But id agree with you Unplugging it wouid have the Same Effect but with less work,



Lozz.

[FarmerPug]

ithink your correct Alan,

altho im sure there will be a few thatl say Egr Blanking is the Way,
But id agree with you Unplugging it wouid have the Same Effect but with less work,



Lozz.

its probably a lot easier than adding the plates which leaves you hand looking as if you have put it near an angry cat.
damm transverse engine layout

[OdinEidolon]

errm... anyone fancying an how-to to illuminate those like me do not now where the solenoid is and how to unplug it?
(unplugging it will give some sort of fault, won't it?)

[lozz]

Odin, the solenoid is located on the Bulk head,
some 406s have 3 of them mine as 2 but if yours as 3 it will be the middle one if 2 its the end one nearest to the Near side (uk side )

the solonoid things just look alittle bit like them pumps that are on windscreen washer bottles if you know what imean,
sorry idont have any pictures or guides on this,

just unplug it and leave the vacume pipes on plug it back in in winter tho it does help the engine warm up a bit Quicker and saves on the Mpg a bit

[OdinEidolon]

Odin, the solenoid is located on the Bulk head,
some 406s have 3 of them mine as 2 but if yours as 3 it will be the middle one if 2 its the end one nearest to the Near side (uk side )

the solonoid things just look alittle bit like them pumps that are on windscreen washer bottles if you know what imean,
sorry idont have any pictures or guides on this,

just unplug it and leave the vacume pipes on plug it back in in winter tho it does help the engine warm up a bit Quicker and saves on the Mpg a bit

Yeah maybe I got it, sometimes the problem is only that it's difficult to translate all your words for engine parts to italian ones.

[Doggy]

Maybe this will help, Odin. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7356&p=75080&hilit=+egr#p75080

[OdinEidolon]

Maybe this will help, Odin. viewtopic.php?f=1&t=7356&p=75080&hilit=+egr#p75080

Thanks doggy, will see what I can do. My mechanic said that the EGR valve was vibrating above normal but that it shouldn't be a problem, but I'll try to have a look into it.

[OT]
By the way reading the post you linked I realized I have the same problem: a slight hiss when accelerating at low revs, I always thought it was the turbo (this is my first turbodiesel) and being an old car it was a little noisier, but it culd actually be some leaking pipe (=>degraded performance?). What kind of noise do you hear from your turbo?
My peugeot dealer drove the car at least 4 times and didn't tell me that it could be a problem, so:
a) He didn't notice, which means he has some hearing problem, because it's fairly noticeable
b) He really believes it's nothing important and he's an honest guy and didn't try to spill me money
[/OT]

[Doggy]

Odin, 2.2's have a more complex system with more valves.

Study this post from the coupe forum - it's the best explanation I've seen and could save you a lot of money....

http://www.peugeot406coupe.com/phpBB3/v ... =2&t=35570

[OdinEidolon]

Odin, 2.2's have a more complex system with more valves.

Study this post from the coupe forum - it's the best explanation I've seen and could save you a lot of money....

http://www.peugeot406coupe.com/phpBB3/v ... =2&t=35570

Yep, already read all that, could be useful in the future.
At the moment everything's fine but I am wondering if the hiss I hear is normal, it's pretty strong, do you have it too or the turbo is subtle?

[Doggy]

You can definitely hear mine - especially when the water temperature is less than 70 & the air is diverted through the water / air heat exchanger, (which is more restricted than the intercooler). At first I thought it was a police siren in the distance.

[OdinEidolon]

You can definitely hear mine - especially when the water temperature is less than 70 & the air is diverted through the water / air heat exchanger, (which is more restricted than the intercooler). At first I thought it was a police siren in the distance.

That reassures me, maybe if I have time I'll capture a video and put it into youtube, we'll see.

[Archangel]

ithink your correct Alan,

altho im sure there will be a few thatl say Egr Blanking is the Way,
But id agree with you Unplugging it wouid have the Same Effect but with less work,



Lozz.

Could anyone show me a pic that pinpoints the solenoid location on my 1.9TD ??

[lozz]

On the hdi its the Middle solenoid on the Bulk head for the egr,
Im not Certain on the Xud ones, But isuppose it wouid be Easy enough to Find just by following the Vacume pipe on the Egr,
sorry icarnt help,.
hopefully a Xud owner will be kind e nuff to pop some photos up,

[lozz]

ive dumped some Red/ex in the tank,
it says add half of bottle to a full tank ijust thrown the whole bottle in Half a tank,
and then took it for a blast,
its done it a world of good hissing noise as gone from the Egr too,

dont know how much smoke its kicked out tho as it was dark
strangely the little bit of judder it had when setting off in 1st as disapeard too,
ithinks iwill be using the redex more often but iwill use less next time