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Quote: Originally posted by Grad Sailor on 15/9/2010

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Hope the Insignia works out well - they look good. Remember they've gone back to belt driven cams though - Vauxhall had too many broken chains as a result of their extended oil changes.

And I agree about the Omega - they are great. For such a big car they handled extraordinarily well.

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Quote: Originally posted by Rune Caster on 16/9/2010

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Blanking off the EGR won't cause the turbo to blow, the biggest cause of turbo failure is lack of oil on shutdown - e.g when you've spent the last hour or two cruising the motorway at 70mph and then pull into a services and switch off the engine. the effect is for the turbo to keep spinning with no oil supply - a reason why you should have and use a turbo timer.

The EGR valve does not cool the temperature of the gasses but the temperature of the burn in the cylinder, this in turn decreases the output power and in turn NOx emmisions

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Look - if you're worried about what effect a blocked or blanked off EGR will have on a TD engine then read the article below. If you cool the temp of the burn in the cylinder then you are cooling the gases driving the turbo.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/advice/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14421

Now engine control systems, boost pressures etc vary - so go with what advice is given for specific engines. But the original comment that in general you can ditch the EGR on a petrol but need to be wary doing so in TD seems fair enough.

Quote: Originally posted by Surfer01 on 16/9/2010

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Start a thread under Tow cars on this forum as intersting topic.

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Fair comment - this wandered off the OP's original point. All I did was make a comment which I believe to be a valid opinion and which was pertinent to the original post.

I'm not getting into quoting 'references' to justify an honest opinion offered in goodwill. If that's what caravanning is coming to then it's a far cry from how it began.

Quote: Originally posted by Surfer01 on 16/9/2010

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Start a thread under Tow cars on this forum as intersting topic.

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Good sugestion. I agree that it was going off topic sorry to OP and new topic started, as its our tow car I am concerned about it is very interesting to a caravanning forum.

Wildfish. I have an Insignia Sri 160 diesal. Its the best towcar i have every had.

If you want any info on the Insignia join this forum. It had a list of recalls etc and will give you loads of info on your car.

http://www.insignia-enthusiast.org/forums/index.php?

Quote: Originally posted by grumpano on 23/9/2010

Wildfish. I have an Insignia Sri 160 diesal. Its the best towcar i have every had.

If you want any info on the Insignia join this forum. It had a list of recalls etc and will give you loads of info on your car.

 

http://www.insignia-enthusiast.org/forums/index.php?

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