After removing everything and taking the inlet manifold, cleaning the egr and removing the flap cylinders. I discover that PMW have sent me the wrong ones . Easy mistake i guess, i'll call them on monday to get the correct ones sent out. On a plus, the car is like a rocket since i cleaned the egr valve.

 

OMG, I feel the need for flaps and EGR cleaning session now, my 320d was filthy when I did that, at least you could bypass the damn EGR on that car tho

 

Pretty annoying mistake to make...

How long did it take you to clean the EGR and get to the swirl flaps?

 

This was my EGR after the cleaning session I had with it !!!!



Thats from a E46 320d with 76k !!!

Well worth doing people

 

I managed to speak to someone from PMW today (I spoke to David), he advised me in a rather irrate tone that they repeatedly tell people to check if they have the updated manifold, I was advised this when i called them twice. I have been promised a refund for the plates if i send them back but to be honest I am not pleased with being spoken to like i was an idiot. In my defence when i initially enquired I did specifically ask if they sold plates to fit my 2004 525D, I asked if they were all the same size and fitment which i was told they were. No mention was made to me about the updated manifold version being larger and not needing to be removed, I didnt know i had the updated manifold for starters.

I get frustrated with people in my job at times but I dont speak to them like i was spoken to, so i am about ?10 down in postage costs and 3hours in weekend time + I was spoken to like shit. When I asked if it was a standard fitment I had no way of knowing that they meant a standard fitment for that type of manifold, I am not a mind reader .

 

Hi Bob

Sorry to hear that PMW treated you like sh*t

I heard they were good and was thinking about popping over to their garage to fit the manifold blanking caps.

How do i know if i have the updated manifold?

I have a 2004 530d SE registered May 2004.

 

Based on this topic I decided to clean the EGR valve yesterday. Total job (removal, cleaning, installation) to about 1 hour.
The valve was actually in a better shape than I expected with 120K km's on the car.

I did a bit of cleaning but there wasn't any real need.

So basically I can recomment anybody to do this check as it is an easy job.

**sorry for highjacking your topic Bob...**

 

my 2006 530i from us does not have one>
so stop talking..... ..

 

You might be able to tell using a mirror to look underneath where the manifold is, the updated ones are significantly larger than the problem ones. Look at the picture at the top of my post for example, you can see a big difference in size. I guess it was late in the day when i called and maybe the guy was busy, he wasnt very pleasant though not how i am used to being spoken to as a customer.

Good luck.