how long would it take a noob to remove, clean and reassemble?

and.. how much can go wrong? im not a mechanic, but id be reasonably sure noones ever cleaned the one in my Octy..

Around 60-90mins i would say!

Rather easy job cant go wrong really

One big tip: Get a good set of locking pliers/vice grips. Took me half an hour to work out I needed to use them to remove the intercooler pipe from the EGR pipe.

One big tip: Get a good set of locking pliers/vice grips. Took me half an hour to work out I needed to use them to remove the intercooler pipe from the EGR pipe.

Its quite surprising how far the clips fly if they escape from pliers...

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Its quite surprising how far the clips fly if they escape from pliers...

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Oh dont worry, if they fly my face will stop them quite efficiently..

I left the clip around the pipe!

Only need a flat blade to prise clip back to release

Going to have a look at my EGR this week, i will let you no how bad it is lol

What is the elephant mod? how hard is it to blank the EGR? blanked the EGR on my old 2.8 tdi shogun was p*ss easy.

Marko

A set of socket drive allen keys can help too.

The elephant mod is basically redirecting the crank case breather the to the atmosphere. In an ideal world you would fit a catch can and plumb the air back into the air intake after the MAF. However I am tight, so I just blocked off the hole in the air intake, and vent it. Not sure what the current MOT rules will think of it - it has passed like that for the last 3 years though.

I used this plate and gasket to blank off my EGR

It fits in just above the turbo assembly:

Then I blocked off the the EGR value:

and the other end of the pipe (and secured it out of the way):

For the Crank Case Breather (play spot the washing machine waste pipe):

You sure Jase? My one would not budge in the slightest, it was ridiculously tight.

I use these for those horrible clips:

You sure Jase? My one would not budge in the slightest, it was ridiculously tight.

Yeah defo mate

Just prise clip out and pull intercooler pipework! Done it too many times to remember

Edit just had a look seems the old tdi non pd's have those crappy tension clips!

Newer pd's have the clip and lug system

You can just see it on mine here near the coolant reservoir

that makes sense!

Checked my EGR and its clean, started a project take a look.

http://www.briskoda.net/forums/topic/273853-markos-tdi-oem-project/

Marko