Member Since: 13 Dec 2015
Location: Highlands
Posts: 24
EGR exhaust pipe repair
So my EGR pipe has broken and I’m on restricted performance and smoke coming out of my engine bay.
My local LR 4x4 specialist garage tells me the only way to fix this is to take body off, it will take 2 men 5 days and the bill will £6000+.
Is there any other way around this?
Can I block off the EGR valves like you used to do in older models?3 x TD5s + 2 x D3s; now upgraded to a D4 after a 3 month flirt with a VW Toerag...
24th Mar 2024 3:33 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20841
£6000? That's a bit excessive. Wasn't Hamish that quoted that much, was it?
It can be done body on, unless the bolts snap in the manifold. Then it becomes body off
The pipe can't be blanked, as it's the pipe directly off the exhaust manifold
Member Since: 13 Dec 2015
Location: Highlands
Posts: 24
I can probably get a video of it, say tomorrow, post it to you & you can have a look?
And if you think you can fix it then I can either get it to you, or you can do it next time you are up around Inverness3 x TD5s + 2 x D3s; now upgraded to a D4 after a 3 month flirt with a VW Toerag...
Last edited by tallhighlander on 24th Mar 2024 8:51 pm. Edited 1 time in total
24th Mar 2024 5:57 pm
Disco_Mikey
Member Since: 29 May 2007
Location: Dundee, Scotland
Posts: 20841
Member Since: 13 Dec 2015
Location: Highlands
Posts: 24
EGR
Ok I’ve taken it off the road.
Can you give me a ballpark figure on your repair please3 x TD5s + 2 x D3s; now upgraded to a D4 after a 3 month flirt with a VW Toerag...
9th Apr 2024 7:04 am
Mike_Pax
Member Since: 11 Oct 2022
Location: North Yorks
Posts: 39
£6k ??? Thats absolutely extortionate. I had the body off mine recently at a reputable indi to replace the egr pipes. Had loads of other jobs done while it was off i.e. new prop, bearings, all brake inspected/pipes replaced, belts replaced etc etc and the total bill for it all was around £3k. I was talking to a guy who runs a fleet of disco 4's the other day who reckoned that if you know what you are doing and have the right gear (if they havent dont trust your car with them)....you can have the body off in a little over 2 hours
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