I'm pulling the manifolds off an S3 Engine, but the EGR Pipe on the Ex Manifold will not budge. Are there any top tips for taking these off?

I appreciate that the cycling heat may have just made it tight, but I don't want to bring out the big guns if there is a proven technique.

 

Stand down. It was just freakin' tight!

 

Consider yourself lucky, my one sheared off without even the slightest amount of effort, had to drill and tap it out, followed by plugging it with a cap end.


Will you be deleting it completely? I just made a nice blanking plate to replace the setup on the rear of the inlet manifold, less engine bay clutter, cleaner setup and idle, pretty sure my EGR valve was seized/rusted partially open though.


nb: If you delete the air injection setup, the head port threads are 1/8th bpt ($5 on ebay)

 

Woznaldo,
how are you doing? How did the hubcaps work out?

 

Hi Stoney. Could I ask for a picture of that blanking plate? I'd like to delete EGR as well as air injector.