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(Message started by: km449 on May 28^th, 2006, 11:32am)

Title: What is this and what does it do???
Post by km449 on May 28^th, 2006, 11:32am

Close to the engine dipstick is a horizontal saucer shaped unit, with a thin rubber pipe running from it.

Pardon my ignorance but what is this and what does it do?

What would be the effect of the rubber pipe having split?

Thanks

Keith

Title: Re: What is this and what does it do???
Post by Octavian_P on May 28^th, 2006, 12:03pm

Is this your saucer ?

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/images/egr24v.gif

This is the EGR system, here is what it does

http://www.fordscorpio.co.uk/egr.htm

On my scorp that pipe did also broke, never felt a difference with a new copper one fitted, so i took it off and put a plug on the valve that controls the vacuum.

Title: Re: What is this and what does it do???
Post by km449 on May 28^th, 2006, 3:09pm

Thanks for that.
Rubber pipe 7 had split, no idea when.

I had already posted a separate thread as I'd noticed that the car was slowly losing power on motorway inclines last week during a 600 mile round trip, although it was otherwise performing sweetly.

Could this be the reason?

Thanks

Keith

Title: Re: What is this and what does it do???
Post by km449 on May 28^th, 2006, 3:10pm

It's a 97 P 2.3 btw

Title: Re: What is this and what does it do???
Post by Octavian_P on May 29^th, 2006, 8:25am

Mine is also a 2.3 but never felt anything suspicious with the broke pipe.