Ford Fiesta (1995 - 1999) - R reg - 1.25 - EGR valve

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Fri 21 Dec 2007 09:28
R reg - 1.25 - EGR valve - carl24488
i have recently changed my engine in my R reg Fiesta mk 4. i have dropped in a 1.25 zetec s the same as what was in before, the only difference bieng that it has an egr valve which my original engine did not, therefore i need to do something with it. i have been given two opinions as to what to do

1) put a piece of tubing between the two pipes creating a flow around bypassing what im told is a sensor

or

2) Block it off??? how do i do this?

i know its a hard question but dont lots of people disconnect the EGR anyway?

if niether of these two are feasable i could get the manifolds swapped but id rather not.

thanks, carl...

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 21/12/2007 at 10:16

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Fri 21 Dec 2007 11:47
R reg - 1.25 - EGR valve - Screwloose

Do nothing and try it first.
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Sun 23 Dec 2007 20:22
R reg - 1.25 - EGR valve - carl24488
it works, ran fine until i tried to restart as i had a flat battery. was going to replace it with my original one and jump it but when i connected the leads the battery sparked into life and locked my car...

heres the bad bit, not knowing it would do this,,, (i dont know a lot about cars) i left my keys in the car... GREAT... now its blocking neighbours drive and i cant get in... spare keyfob and key were not given when i bought the car and i havent had chance to get a copy...

breaking the small rear window looks tempting,,, ive tried the coathanger but its hard because the door handle goes into the door curvature.

lol oh well
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