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Tue 8 Dec 2020 15:19
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - tinkerer

Hi all I am trying to locate if possible a haynes type workshop manual for a range rover evoque 2.0 deisel with the ingenium engine registered 25/07/2016.

having trouble locating one even with vin no.

I want to see if I can remove the EGR myself to clean or whether its a garage job.

and I will need one going forward anyway.

Any advice gratefully recieved.

Thanks.

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Tue 8 Dec 2020 15:29
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - daveyjp

Have you joined any of the owners club and asked there?

When I had a Merc members had access to service manuals and happily shared info.

Alternatively checkout youtube. Owners upload videos of all sorts of work.

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Tue 8 Dec 2020 22:07
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - tinkerer

Have you joined any of the owners club and asked there?

When I had a Merc members had access to service manuals and happily shared info.

Alternatively checkout youtube. Owners upload videos of all sorts of work.

Thanks for the advice I have found somewhere that will supply a manual for the vin no. so sure to be the right one for the car. but do you know if removing the EGR to clean is a home mech job as I dont want to spend £49 and find that its a garage job anyway I could put the money towards the repairs

thanks again.

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 07:44
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - edlithgow

Have you joined any of the owners club and asked there?

When I had a Merc members had access to service manuals and happily shared info.

Alternatively checkout youtube. Owners upload videos of all sorts of work.

Thanks for the advice I have found somewhere that will supply a manual for the vin no. so sure to be the right one for the car. but do you know if removing the EGR to clean is a home mech job as I dont want to spend £49 and find that its a garage job anyway I could put the money towards the repairs

thanks again.

Can't see why it wouldn't be. I've never worked on a Range Rover but its just a car, after all.

Removing the EGR valve itself was a trivial job on a 1997 Taiwan Honda Accord. Cleaning the whole EGR path, which was solidly clogged, was a dirty job but fairly straightforward. (That was a petrol engine, though people seeing the pictures insisted it must be a diesel because it was so filthy).

I used Youtube and a couple of Honda forums for clues.

I used brake fluid as a cleaning agent and a bit of twisted wire as a push-through. Brake fluid is a very effective cleaner but is non-volatile, and pooled in one of the cylinders, needing blown out by turning the engine over with the plugs out.

MAYBE you could achieve the same effect on a diesel by removing glow plugs (?) otherwise don't use brake fluid because hydro-lock could break things.

A LOT.

Re the manual, 49 quid does seem rather expensive. I'd guess that's for a FSM rather than for a Haynes. I'd exhaust the freebie possibilities first, but if it came to it I'd pay up.

I wouldn't just for that job (which I think you could tackle without a manual), but of course it won't only cover that job.

Edited by edlithgow on 09/12/2020 at 08:03

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 08:08
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - tinkerer

Have you joined any of the owners club and asked there?

When I had a Merc members had access to service manuals and happily shared info.

Alternatively checkout youtube. Owners upload videos of all sorts of work.

Thanks for the advice I have found somewhere that will supply a manual for the vin no. so sure to be the right one for the car. but do you know if removing the EGR to clean is a home mech job as I dont want to spend £49 and find that its a garage job anyway I could put the money towards the repairs

thanks again.

Can't see why it wouldn't be. I've never worked on a Range Rover but its just a car, after all.

It was a trivial job on a 1997 Taiwan Honda Accord.

Re the manual, 49 quid does seem rather a lot. I'd guess that's for a FSM rather than for a Haynes. I'd exhaust the freebie possibilities first, but if it came to it I'd pay up.

I wouldn't just for that job (which I think you could tackle without a manual), but of course it won't only cover that job.

Hi Yes I looked at Haynes first as I have bought loads over the years and would be half the price as you say but they do not do one.

I know what you mean about doing an EGR should be straight forward but I just don't want to damage something else in the process as these new cars are like computerised robots but I am re assured by your confidence.

A previous car went into a garage 3 times and total spend of £400 to fix a problem which they failed to do cause the y were guessing.

fixed it myself in the end for £35.

that is why I would much sooner look after my own vehicles unless specialist equipment/knowledge is required.

thanks for your guidance

steve.

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 10:01
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - edlithgow

"Guidance" would be overstating it. Just my (very limited) experience.

Note that the post you replied to has lost a cautionary edit which is now visible above (or I edited it after you replied).

This time travel stuff is tricky.

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 09:52
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - edlithgow

Reply count 4, 2 visible

So I won't bother re-typing just yet. I may be along in a minute.

Worth typing replies offline. Actually it always is, even when a website isn't chronically unreliable, but I keep forgetting.

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 11:16
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - daveyjp

I had an X type which needed an EGR valve. Replacement took a Jag technician half an hour. Lift the bonnet and it was in front of you, dead easy,

VW fitted the EGR at the back of the 1.6TDi engine and fitting a new one takes a day,

A google of "Evoque EGR replacement" suggests a charge of £600 at an independent (up to twice that at a dealer), 6-7 hours work and it needs to be done from underneath.

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 13:06
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - Brit_in_Germany

It is quite likely that the L-R workshop manual is available on one of the L-R forums. I know that the Jaguar XF ones are available (2,000 odd pages of it) on such a site.

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Wed 9 Dec 2020 13:10
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - Metropolis.
Try searching for the Rave manual, might not apply to the new stuff but that was always the official LR workshop guide for older land rovers that people put online for free.
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Sat 12 Dec 2020 06:27
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - S40 Man

Have you thought about egr cleaner spray? You periodically give a quick burst of aerosol into the air intake and the active ingredient circulates around the engine system. On my old Mondeo the egr was in an awkward spot and this seemed to work ok. It wasn't with much so I didn't mind to risk it. Each spray revs the engine a bit.

If you are thinking of doing the job yourself (workshop manual) this could be an easier thing to try first.

www.eurocarparts.com/p/egr-cleaner-hy-cote-PRR.UK1...2

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Sat 12 Dec 2020 12:35
range rover evoque se tech ed 4 - workshop manual - edlithgow

Have you thought about egr cleaner spray? You periodically give a quick burst of aerosol into the air intake and the active ingredient circulates around the engine system. On my old Mondeo the egr was in an awkward spot and this seemed to work ok. It wasn't with much so I didn't mind to risk it. Each spray revs the engine a bit.

If you are thinking of doing the job yourself (workshop manual) this could be an easier thing to try first.

www.eurocarparts.com/p/egr-cleaner-hy-cote-PRR.UK1...2

Not knocking that, but it sounds more like preventative maintenance than a cure for an existing problem.

I would bet a great deal of money that, in a system as clogged as the Honda Accord I cleared, was, an external spray of volatile solvent would do absolutely nothing.

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