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Jim Adney wrote: >That should have exhaust gas coming out of it. Checking it with the engine >running is a good idea. You can remove the filter completely and make a plate >to block off that port. The gasket is just one of the small diamond shaped ones >for the preheater ports on beetle engines; they're in every gasket set. > > > Hmm. Here's a picture of the EGR filter (and it seems right from the look-see I gave mine): http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=49676 Anyway, I'm a little confused becayse the port on the EGR filter doesn't look like one of those bug heat-riser tube blockoffs. The flange on the EGR tube to the IAD is a touch smaller than the heat-riser blockoff. I surmise that the flange where the EGR valve itself is the T1 heat riser size. I have a feeling that my EGR is nonfunctional anyway. This seems to get worse as the cars get older. I've never really figured out a >solution other than this switch, however. Replacing all the injectors seems to >help, but at ~$160 for a set that's pretty expensive, and then those injectors >will just get old again. Since the starting problem is the only problem, the >switch seemed to be a pretty good solution. > > > I have a set of 4 NOS injectors if I have any that are particularly leaky, and I also got a hold of a set of 4 used injectors of unknown quality. >I think I had the assemblies priced at just over $10. > > I may just take you up on that. Beats burning out my starter. :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~