forum noob would like some help please

[Cookievts]

hi all i am pretty new to the whole forum thing so be nice :P

i just bought a mint vts, its completely standard other than a carbon induction kit for a bargin price. supposedly theres a valve or something that recirculates exhausts gases around the engine to cut down on emissions, its called an edf valve or something like that, according to a spanner happy mate this system is actually causing the car to run not quiet as well as it should/ could be. any ideas as i really don't have a clue if this is a myth or infact true. any help would be greatly recieved.

cheers

[Arun_D]

What he's referring to is the EGR system (exhaust gas recirculation), which indeed does help reduce emissions by bypassing some of the exhaust gases back to the engine's intake.

I have no knowledge of Saxos, so can't comment on whether or not the car A.) has an EGR valve , or B.) the EGR system would cause the car to be running poorly if it was damaged in some way.

However if the system is all in order, then I dont' recommend touching it in order to find performance or anything like that.

Edited by Arun_D on Tuesday 9th June 12:46

[Cookievts]

cheers for that mate, i just wanted some more info on the matter i don't want to mess about with it and mess up the car.

cheers

[Spartan luke]

Iv seen this before on some saxo's I got an 03 vts an mine doesnt have it. I dont no weather it has been taken off or it just didnt have 1 to start. My vts does run crap on tick over prob due to the de cat. Top little cars tho good fun

[nimminz]

I have heard of the EGR valve on HDI peugeots, does make them louder. I think if you dont want it you can

heres a link to where i read it:

http://206info.co.uk/ForumsPro/viewtopic/t=21079/h...

I think it should be fairlys similar as Peugeot and Citroen are basically the same company (PSA).

hope that helps!