Blocking the EGR valve on ZD3o DI 2003/ leaking turbo and intercooler

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Thank again
ill look at those photos when i sort out my email confirmation as it still wont let me open them.
So how long can he keep driving it for before he fixes it do you think ? he has no spare money at the moment.
I have told him to clean his MAF sensor as well, it has 180000 km on it and he is worried as his friends just blew up and cost him a lot of money to re-build, it blew at 175000.

The sooner the better obviously but the problem has been there undetected for some time so a bit longer "shouldn't" hurt. I'll cover my arse here by saying that I can not guarantee it won't blow up tomorrow or next week, just that it's very unlikely.

Tony

PS, "as his friends just blew up and cost him a lot of money to re-build, it blew at 175000"........urban myth is it? (not you Steve, reference to a post a week or two back - Rod knows which post I mean.)