V60 d3 vea egr

[GrahamBrown1]

Hello all,

We have a 2015 V60 with the vea engine which has recently brought up the engine management light. It’s been into a Volvo specialist who services the car to have it diagnosed. It needs a new EGR and they want £1000 plus vat to put it right.

Has anyone had success with help from Volvo in sorting a 5 yr old car with there well known Issue?

Has anyone had success in stripping and cleaning the valve and cooler to get it going again?

Thanks

[rafikield]

Hi,

There is a long read thread about EGR issues on VEA engines, check it there: https://www.volvoforums.org.uk/showt...21555&page=246

For sure, numerous owners and forum members managed to get EGR cooler replacement paid by Volvo, but you have to talk to Volvo dealer and Customer Support.

If you want to try to fix it buy yourself, there is detailed video on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zz6qefBV08

BR

[Sotosound]

There is an EGR valve and there is also an EGR cooler.

The normal issue is the EGR cooler, which gets blocked. I was quoted £351.50 for the cooler, plus one hour's labour plus VAT by my local specialist.

More importantly, have you checked to see what outstanding recalls there are on your car?

My 2014 64-reg V70 had one for an ECM (Engine Control Modules) software upgrade to prevent the possibility of a melted inlet manifold.

When it went in for this to be addressed, the Volvo dealer also checked for other fault codes and found that the EGR cooler was blocked. (The engine warning light was also on, which meant that emissions were definitely too high. A definite pointer towards a possible blocked EGR cooler.)

The dealer then had no hesitation in getting Volvo to cough up for a new EGR cooler, the third that the car has had. (The original was replaced in 2017 in relation to a previous recall.)


My local Volvo specialist is of the opinion that the very latest EGR cooler design might just be the one to really sort out this ongoing issue, so I'm hopeful that the problem is now permanently fixed.

In short, find a reputable Volvo dealer who's happy to fight your corner on this and you should be OK.

[JamesAtthews]

I havent had any related fault codes, but in a bid to reduce the chance of issues, and to try and clean the intake side of the engine, due to noticed soot build up, I took the egr off, split it from the cooler and cleaned it with brake cleaner. It wasnt entirely blocked, but it wasnt far off.

The amount of gunk that came out was untrue. My car had 130k at the time, and had had warranty work by the previous owner, when looking at the pipework layout in the bay.

I also cleaned the inlet manifold and pipework, which must have been 1cm thick with sticky crud, on the butterfly valve and the manifold inlet valves. After this was all cleaned, all i can say is that it has transformed the car, giving it more power, and response, along with a happier idle and much less smoke. My average mpg went up a little, by about 1mpg, which was an added bonus.

In your position, similar to mine, you've got nothing to lose to have a go yourself. All my work took me about 6 hours, due to the amount you've got to strip down, and the fact that I was learning as I went abit how to strip it down.

[Zebster]

Originally Posted by JamesAtthews

I havent had any related fault codes, but in a bid to reduce the chance of issues, and to try and clean the intake side of the engine, due to noticed soot build up, I took the egr off, split it from the cooler and cleaned it with brake cleaner. It wasnt entirely blocked, but it wasnt far off.

The amount of gunk that came out was untrue. My car had 130k at the time, and had had warranty work by the previous owner, when looking at the pipework layout in the bay.

I also cleaned the inlet manifold and pipework, which must have been 1cm thick with sticky crud, on the butterfly valve and the manifold inlet valves. After this was all cleaned, all i can say is that it has transformed the car, giving it more power, and response, along with a happier idle and much less smoke. My average mpg went up a little, by about 1mpg, which was an added bonus.

In your position, similar to mine, you've got nothing to lose to have a go yourself. All my work took me about 6 hours, due to the amount you've got to strip down, and the fact that I was learning as I went abit how to strip it down.

How about the intake valve stems? Did you see much soot/crud build-up there?

Even though it's still only on 86k miles, mine has had two replacement EGR coolers, one EGR valve and a complete intake manifold/swirl valve assembly, all replaced by Volvo... I did have to contribute 50% (£337) towards the valve, but everything else was covered by 100% Volvo goodwill.

It was suggested to me by the dealer that automatic/blanket Volvo goodwill contributions would cease at 5 year old/100k miles, although most dealers could still make a case out for their regular customers with full service history.

[JamesAtthews]

Hi Zeb

From when I had it apart, they didn't look too bad although I dont recall being able to see too much either. I also couldn't face going any further in by that point, I was running out of light and still had to get it all back together (and working) for the next morning.