EGR system bypassed

[aculda@cogeco.ca (Adrian C.)]

well ... think of it as stage 1 weight reduction ..
i know when i did the digi swap ..
all that crap came up to at least a 50-75 Lbs !!!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vince Royer" <vince@performancecarstereo.com>
To: "Scirocco List" <scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, December 30, 2002 3:41 PM
Subject: EGR system bypassed


> I don't know if you guys remember but a couple months ago I posted about
> which hoses & systems can be safely removed from an 8V CIS car.  I am
trying
> to clean up my engine bay as much as possible.  Well, yesterday I noticed
> that the 3 way splitter on the small vaccum hoses on the fender near the
> battery was broken.  So I said the f*** with it and started tearing stuff
> away.  I removed the expansion tank in the passenger fender, the carbon
> canister in the drivers fender for starters.  I removed all the little
hoses
> and all the big hoses connecting them to various things.  I also removed
the
> little white disk on top of the motor (evaporative emmisions valve?), and
> the vaccum lines going to it.   I cut off the vent line from the gas tank
> halfway down the underside of the car, at the point where it seemed the
> least dangerous (Farthest away from the exhaust).  I blocked off the 2
holes
> in the throttle body boot.  Nothing changed as far as engine operation,
> except I seem to have finally traced down a small vaccum leak. (cant hear
> the slight hiss anymore)
>
> So overall I filled up a garbage can with useless old crap and really
> cleaned up my engine bay.  My car even runs better without it all!
>
>
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