Yours is later electric type EGR

 

Ok thanks , worth getting it off and giving at clean out ?
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129k on the clock , I coming up to my 7k oil &filter change interval so was going to Inspect the EGR

Anyone reccomend anything else to clean that might be sooted up?

 

Intake manifold is a good one to give a clean out, unless it has egr issues I probably wouldn’t bother cleaning. I haven’t count them to get particularly coked up it’s more in the cooler and intake I find the build up.

 

Is the intake manifold and cooler particularly hard to get to , take off and clean ? Only ever cleaned anything to do with the EGR system was on an old 2006 E90 I had (last car)

Unfortunately with this job I do a lot of short journeys and start stop traffic. I do give it a bi monthly Wynn diesel injector clearner and some mway trips

 

Once plastic scuttle trim off the manifold is fairly easy to remove, a boost pipe,few wiring plugs, plastic bracket for engine harness and then 7 or 8 10mm head bolts.
Cooler is simple to get off but you will lose coolant so have some g48 to refill. If you are doing manifold and cooler take manifold off first as it makes cooler easier to remove and then refit cooler first. Hardest bit is if the 2 T45 bolts are seized in exhaust manifold.

 

With the egr pull the black cover off and make sure it's not sticking if you want.
But as johnny said if no problems then leave it.

 

Ok thanks all . I'll have a think on how far I want to go and will have a check on YouTube aswel