I cleaned my EGR out over the easter weekend... some pictures:

Before cleaning, still attached to car:

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2894.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2895.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2896.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2897.JPG

Taken off and now you can see how dirty and clogged up it was

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2898.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2899.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2900.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2901.JPG

Cleaned:

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2902.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2903.JPG

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2904.JPG

Split hose:

http://www.matthewames.co.uk/briskoda/20070409_egr/PICT2906.JPG

What I did not do was clean the air intake manifold as I could not be arsed with taking it off the car (plus I wanted to only do one thing at a time), but I did insert my finger into it and scoop out some horrible black thick/googy oil from it, so I guess that can't have helped either.

The split hose in 2906 is the vacuum hose that controls the butterfly (anti shudder) valve. I just cut the end and refitted it

I also changed my ARB bushes as they were knackered.... that has improved the feel of the car a great deal. Plus is no longer clonks over speedbumps.... but as a downside my handbreak kn0b rattles now :eek:

Oh and then the wire in the drivers door attached to the internal handle broke on Tuesday when I got to work....

Not as bad as I thought from what you said, but looks a darn site cleaner.

Where was all the external oil coming from and glad you appear to have your turbo back after fixing that pipe

external oil seemed to be coming from the breather hole towards the top of the EGR - just under the vacuum unit in 2987

Looks good nice job makes me even more determined to do mine

It seemed to have a marked perfomance change for the car, so I am happy, plus finding the split vacuum hose.

I was able to do mine without replacing the gasket either (although I have bought a new one just incase). It can be a little bit difficuly getting the 3rd allen screw out of the bottom of the EGR, but you can flex the pipework enough to get an allen key in....