EGR - Death to it.

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Originally Posted by cheshired5

You'll never be given any credit from some on here for keeping an older vehicle running.
Personally, I'd have kept the freshly cleaned EGR as standard but I'll never judge anyone who is ultimately preventing an older car having to be recycled.

A lot of people's idea of being environmentally aware is to have a new lower emissions car built for them every few years whilst ignoring the environmental implications of producing said car.

In the 9 years I've had my one, very well maintained old car, some people have had 3 or more cars built for them yet think they are the epitome of green.

Most don't even own their cars so are in a cycle guaranteed to be adding yet another newly produced vehicle to replace a perfectly usable car in a couple of years.
Their green delusion would be funny if it wasn't so harmful.

I sort of agree with what you are saying in that clearly it would be better to preserve and improve existing vehicles rather than continue making so many new ones, creating lots of emissions in the process, but the point is there is different causes of damage from cars.

EGR is nothing to do with saving the planet or global warming - it's about toxic particles (NOx) in people's lungs in densely populated areas.

There is an irony that diesels - so hated at the moment - are substantially kinder to the planet than equivalent petrol models due to their lower CO2 emissions per mile.

But with regard to the OP's car - there is no excuse, it isn't about keeping an older vehicle on the road, all of the parts needed to maintain it as per factory spec are readily available either new or used.