Audi A3 Sport back 1.6tdi (2010) - EGR Valve blocked

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 12:39
Audi A3 Sport back 1.6tdi (2010) - EGR Valve blocked - Jblakes

Good afternoon all,

My audi engine maintance light has come on and starting to have power loss. It happened on my old car and I took the egr valve off and cleaned.

Anybody have a clue where it is on my audi and how easy it is to take off?, also would anybody know what else to try. Efore I take it to the garage?

Kind regards

James

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 13:02
Audi A3 Sport back 1.6tdi (2010) - EGR Valve blocked - daveyjp
YouTube has the answer. On the 1.6 it’s a headache of a job as it is hidden away at the back of the engine. Nice earner for dealers though. Four figure job.
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Sat 16 Nov 2019 13:23
Audi A3 Sport back 1.6tdi (2010) - EGR Valve blocked - Jblakes

Cheers for reply. I was hoping it wasn't that hard, why the hell would they make it so hard to get too.

Does anybody recommend any cleaner you can put in to get rid of it?

Regards James

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Sat 16 Nov 2019 13:33
Audi A3 Sport back 1.6tdi (2010) - EGR Valve blocked - elekie&a/c doctor
This is a £1000 job at a main dealer . Forget trying to clean it . Absolute pig of a job to access . You may get a contribution from Audi , as it’s part of the emission fix.
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Sat 16 Nov 2019 13:56
Audi A3 Sport back 1.6tdi (2010) - EGR Valve blocked - CHarkin

The DPF and EGR valves were moved to directly behind the engine to make it run hotter and burn soot off more easily.

The common problem with the newer EGR valves is less to do with the massive build up of soot that the older type suffered from but more to do with soot and ash getting into the actuating mechanism past the valve stem and making it stick. The 1.6 TDi has always suffer from this but if you have had the emissions update it is many times worse. If this turns out to be your problem then to date I have not heard of anyone successfully sorting it with cleaners.

When you say the maintenance light is that the engine symbol or the glow plug symbol or something else. More often than not its the glow plug light that comes on for EGR problems.

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