can I remove EGR tube? (got new header)

[hoobness]

HEy all,

So Im in the middle of tking apart my YJ right now, and in my attempt to remove the Intake and Exhaust M.folds, I have a hitch. The EGR tube connects the two, and needs to be removed so I can seperate the intake from the exhaust in preperation for my new header (pacesetter).

Heres my 87 258 YJ info:

-Weber carb on stock intake
-MOST air tubes and vacuum lines have been gone for over a year...
-Nutter bypass
-1980 Ford I6 ignition
-Pulse air system has also been gone for almost 2 years
-Honestly, I dont thiik the computer is being used at all
(my YJ doesnt use it for the EGR anyway, Its mechanical I think it
reads from the CTO)
-I live in a state with no sniff test

So can I just get out my Dremel and cut awaay, then cap the intake end when I re-attach it?

The Haynes manual says DO NOT attempt to drive w/out the EGR system functioning...in fear of detonation?

So what can I do?

[hoobness]

anyone know?

[pushead]

EGR what egr valve. I have not had one on my yj in two years. My friend rebuilt his cj about 3 or 4 years ago and it dont have one either. No problems from either of our motors.

[SenorCole86]

Ya, I've seen many people just plug up the EGR with a metal plate and they have no problems. All it does is take that exhaust gas and force your engine to breathe it all over again (sounds like a bad idea to me anyway). So, in my opinion, go ahead and take it off.

[hoobness]

Thanks again!, off to the Dremel!

[mud4feet]

All it does is take that exhaust gas and force your engine to breathe it all over again

Mr. Thompson starts his Cadillac, sends it down the freeway track
Leaving friends and neighbors in a hydrocarbon haze.
He's joined by lots of smaller cars all sending gases to the stars
There to form a seething cloud that hangs for 30 days.
The sun licks down upon it with its ultraviolet tongue
Turns it into smog and then it settles in our lungs.........OOOOOH
Garbage...garbage...garbage...garbage
We're filling up the air with garbage
And what will we do when there's nothing left to breathe........but garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage.


Tree-hugger mud

[Junkpile]

From a performance standpoint, it is counter-productive to heat the incoming air/fuel mix. If the EGR is functioning properly, it shouldn't really be a concern though.

Come on, it's mid-80s emissions technology your talking about here......I say yank everything from under the hood that the Jeep doesn't need to run. Throw it in the trash next to the catalytic converter.

[DerekC]

Put plate over mine, no biggee. I had to plug the EGR pipe holes on my 5.0 Mustang a few years back, just stck a big ass bolt in it and welded it up.
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