Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 16:24:54 GMT From: Heikki Mastokangas <heikki.mastokangasnopsam.nospam4me.fi> Subject: Re: What component? (again)
cp wrote: > I have this same device on my UK '87 900i, but shouldn't an EGR (Exhaust > Gas Recirculation) valve be connected to the Exhaust manifold too? All the > plumping seems to be around the inlet. It seems that way, but is actually "piped" through head from exhaust. Couple of days ago I disconnected the ERG-valve to examine it more closely and I was "shocked". Althought the valve seemed to work, it was FULL OF DIRT. I just imagined a big chunk of carbon dirt leaving the valve and heading toward the cylinders, what could have happened... Anyway, cleaning the valve was pain but since the valve was OK, I think it was worth of it than just buying a new one.. There was actually almost two dinner spoons of dirt insine.. (pieces of my personal foto-documents) Before cleanup: http://www.kase.fi/~heikkima/egr1.jpg After cleanup: http://www.kase.fi/~heikkima/egr2.jpg Other thing: Long search resulted these documents of Pierburg and Stromberg carburettors, can anyone tell me the origin of these documents found on a russian server? http://saabfaq.msk.ru/saab_carbs/list.htm H. Mastokangas