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KevinD3
Member Since: 05 Aug 2020
Location: Sutton Coldfield
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| Quick (positive) egr question |
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Hi all, quick question, got the disco booked in for the egr deletion patch on Monday morning, to keep costs down I’m doing the physical blanking myself. Is it best to do the physical blanking before I take it in or once I get back home or does it not matter?
They also have a stage 1 remap on offer, are there any risks to over-stressing engine parts etc?
Cheers all 2008 HSE Stornoway Grey
My Wife thinks the D3 is a hobby, The D3 thinks the wife is 💕
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 21st Nov 2020 10:13 am |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
 
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I would say blank it after, no point in potentially having an engine light on to mess up things?
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| 21st Nov 2020 11:00 am |
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Kenny57
Member Since: 12 Apr 2020
Location: Essex
Posts: 169
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Been looking into the options for a remap myself and there's lots of comments and threads on the forum about it. Regarding overstressing the engine, from what I've read the most important thing to do is take it someone who does remaps professionally and has a good reputation. These places/people will assess your engine fully (and any upgrades fitted or to be fitted) and discuss what it is you want from the remap. They'll then tailor your new map to, as far as possible, give you what you want without overstressing your particular engine. Cheers 
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| 21st Nov 2020 2:16 pm |
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KevinD3
Member Since: 05 Aug 2020
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Posts: 1207
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Thanks Kenny, place has a good rep locally so should be good and I’m leaning towards just the egr delete. Don’t want to put too much stress on her 2008 HSE Stornoway Grey
My Wife thinks the D3 is a hobby, The D3 thinks the wife is 💕
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| 21st Nov 2020 2:47 pm |
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Kenny57
Member Since: 12 Apr 2020
Location: Essex
Posts: 169
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The collective wisdom I've gleaned from the forum.... actually I'm gonna call it TCW cos everything on a Disco seems to need a three letter acronym! So, TCW on the EGR delete is that it gives minimal performance benefits but improves the life of the engine noticeably.
TCW also seems to be that you can get some decent performance improvement by cleaning your MAF sensor, putting a fresh air filter in, lubricating your TAR (I made that one up... I mean your turbo actuator rod), making sure your injector timing is spot on, and running a tank laced with turbo/injector cleaner in it regularly. (all stuff I'm in the process of doing on mine)
Beyond that, an intercooler upgrade will let the old girl breath more easily and the extra cooling of the intake air will allow more scope on the remap. A low resistance air filter and deletion of some of the boxes in your exhaust system will also allow the engine to breath more easily giving even more potential for improved performance on the remap. (stuff I'm thinking about doing on mine)
After that it all gets a bit hairy with upgraded turbo etc, but I don't think many of us want to put our engines to that sort of test. (stuff I'm not going to do on mine)
Good luck 
Last edited by Kenny57 on 24th Nov 2020 9:54 am. Edited 1 time in total
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| 21st Nov 2020 7:00 pm |
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Kenny57
Member Since: 12 Apr 2020
Location: Essex
Posts: 169
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lynalldiscovery wrote:I would say blank it after, no point in potentially having an engine light on to mess up things?
I just noticed your number of posts..... I'm gonna be quiet now 
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| 21st Nov 2020 7:09 pm |
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KevinD3
Member Since: 05 Aug 2020
Location: Sutton Coldfield
Posts: 1207
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All done! Software delete courtesy of MTC in North Birmingham, got it home and blanked them off. Only hard part was getting to all the screws on the butterfly actuator, had to free the whole unit and lift up to get a screwdriver into the two bottom ones. Sounds anecdotal but felt smoother and more responsive on the test drive once I’d finished. 2008 HSE Stornoway Grey
My Wife thinks the D3 is a hobby, The D3 thinks the wife is 💕
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| 23rd Nov 2020 4:51 pm |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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I only blanked mine for one reason, reliability 
I read a thread on here a few years back where a guy had broken down as egr stuck open rendering the car inop, Iirc he was somewhere remote at the weekend, and his fix was a 2 pence coin to blank the egr to get him home, and I thought sod that lets blank it now as I do not want to break down in the first place.
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| 24th Nov 2020 8:25 am |
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lynalldiscovery
Member Since: 22 Dec 2009
Location: Maidstone
Posts: 7274
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Kenny57 wrote:lynalldiscovery wrote:I would say blank it after, no point in potentially having an engine light on to mess up things?
I just noticed your number of posts..... I'm gonna be quiet now
That means nowt, just own a land rover for long enough and you will soon have many posts to your name
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| 24th Nov 2020 8:26 am |
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Kenny57
Member Since: 12 Apr 2020
Location: Essex
Posts: 169
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It means you've probably read every conversation on this forum ever! So regardless of your own knowledge and experience you now know the collective wisdom of nearly everyone who's ever posted on here. Pretty much everything there is to know about D3's then. Hence the 
Gimme 20 or 30 years and I might catch up... maybe 
Ken
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| 24th Nov 2020 10:02 am |
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