Date:         Thu, 17 Apr 2003 15:39:12 -0500
Reply-To:     Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: How do I get this EGR filter on???
Comments: To: tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM
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Without seeing the EGR square canister I'd say that there are CA only and
Federal Exhaust only.
You got one or the other.

Stan Wilder

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 13:35:46 -0700 Tom Young <tomyoung1@ATTBI.COM>
writes:
> Hi all:
>
> I found a perfectly good EGR filter - probably an aftermarket piece
> - at a
> junkyard.  It still had a "VW" part number written on it in black
> marker,
> which was the same part number as specified for my Federal vehicle.
> The
> only problem is, it doesn't seem to fit, though I think there must
> be a way
> to "make it" fit.
>
> With the filter installed properly against the engine tin and the
> tube
> leading up to the EGR itself, the lower flange of the filter misses
> its
> mating flange in the crossover pipe by a wide margin.  It looks like
> the
> flange needs to move toward the front of the engine by about 1.5" -
> 2", down
> by about .75", and the flange needs to "rotate" (looking down on the
> flange
> from above) by about 30 - 40 degrees.  This is all a lot more than
> the usual
> little bit of persuasion exhaust pieces typically need and the piece
> is
> sturdy enough I know I can't muster the muscle, with the part in
> place, to
> get things properly aligned.
>
> Any words of wisdom out there on how to get this thing to fit?
>
> TIA.
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Tom Young                       '81 Vanagon
> Lafayette, CA 94549         '82 Westfalia
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>

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