apalsson
30th December 2014, 10:57 AM
All,
The subject of blocking EGR has probably been done to death in various threads but I am probably too lazy to troll through all the info in various places for an answer to what I need to know so a single thread would be very handy for me :)
My Patrol is a 2009 manual CRD and I have recently bought a van that weighs up to 2.3 tons fully loaded and I am concerned about EGT temperatures when towing, especially sky high EGTs. I have a Scangauge but because budget is a bit tight at the moment, I haven't bought a Pyrometer yet. Recently, I have had issues with black smoke on acceleration but am suspecting that is either due to the MAF sensor or even sloppy work on valve adjustments during recent 60km service.
Can will go into Nissan for 70k service in a week or two and I am going to ask them to diagnose this for me (I have found Nissan here to be reasonably good with service)
As a "poor mans" method of reducing EGT, I am thinking about blocking EGR to try to reduce exhaust temperatures somewhat.
Would that not be likely to achieve some reduction in EGT?
I understand the turbo might spool up a bit quicker and possibly spike a bit higher but have also read that the ECU in the CRD models manages boost better?
Would it be safe to only add an EGR block without other mods (except the Scangauge to keep an eye on boost)?
Wouldn't I be likely to blow more black smoke with blocked EGR?
Are there other unwanted side effects?
The subject of blocking EGR has probably been done to death in various threads but I am probably too lazy to troll through all the info in various places for an answer to what I need to know so a single thread would be very handy for me :)
My Patrol is a 2009 manual CRD and I have recently bought a van that weighs up to 2.3 tons fully loaded and I am concerned about EGT temperatures when towing, especially sky high EGTs. I have a Scangauge but because budget is a bit tight at the moment, I haven't bought a Pyrometer yet. Recently, I have had issues with black smoke on acceleration but am suspecting that is either due to the MAF sensor or even sloppy work on valve adjustments during recent 60km service.
Can will go into Nissan for 70k service in a week or two and I am going to ask them to diagnose this for me (I have found Nissan here to be reasonably good with service)
As a "poor mans" method of reducing EGT, I am thinking about blocking EGR to try to reduce exhaust temperatures somewhat.
Would that not be likely to achieve some reduction in EGT?
I understand the turbo might spool up a bit quicker and possibly spike a bit higher but have also read that the ECU in the CRD models manages boost better?
Would it be safe to only add an EGR block without other mods (except the Scangauge to keep an eye on boost)?
Wouldn't I be likely to blow more black smoke with blocked EGR?
Are there other unwanted side effects?