Hello guys and girls I was after some information regarding removing the swirl flaps on my 2012 estate 2.0 TDI 170bhp. What do I do about the flap actuator? Will it cause a fault code if I remove it? If so how do I get around it? I'm also looking at blanking off the egr. Does that also cause a fault code? Again how do I get around it?

On 26/11/2024 at 18:25, knobby72 said:

Hello guys and girls I was after some information regarding removing the swirl flaps on my 2012 estate 2.0 TDI 170bhp. What do I do about the flap actuator? Will it cause a fault code if I remove it? If so how do I get around it? I'm also looking at blanking off the egr. Does that also cause a fault code? Again how do I get around it?

You need to get a tuner to do it, but why ? If you just remove them without coding away egr at the same time it will make your car run like **** and likely give you lots of fault codes. Better to clean flaps and maybe take precautions to avoid P2015 fault code. Search youtube and see the brilliant stop device the dieselgeek has. But mechanical cleaning first and then the dieselgeek stop.

And no, vcds wont help you with what you want, need to go to a tuner that can reprogram your ecu.