Still P0401 after cleaning egr !! should we drive it?

No worries, we can make it up as we go lol

They are all like it though I guees, not just mine..

The scrape in my ski is miniscule compared to even the top of nib, the two do not match up forensically ..hehe

This plastic seems to be a very hard compound, I need some donor material to build it up a bit down there for an experiment, although I don't think the repair will last more than a few drives it would at least tell me if it's the problem..

Be nice if someone else that had a rotor fail could verify condition of their ski lol

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wonder are we looking at the same thing here, the "score" looks about half as wide as nib maybe i am wrong, i will try to measure it later

will try to build it up with some ABS when i get time later

 

Yeah okay when I take into account the taper of nib and edges around the scrape have been hot and flared up, I have to think you are right, thanks for the shake up..

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just noticed this! .. good idea, i don't see how that could hurt providing its weaker than the nib so it does not start to wear the nib, what's the worse that can happen if it falls out and floats around a day or two until P0401 makes me aware ..

Still don't hold much hope for this being a long lasting repair more than an experiment as we still have not identified the original cause! i am (without evidence) blaming excessive movement in the thread allowing nib to somehow run above the ski, unless it was temperature related issue as the day i got P0401 was nearly 40c mid summer and i was on a hill climb with fully loaded car

 

absolutely mate, whole system is spotless from the tiny intake ports to the exhaust manifold

 

Chapman, very reasonable explanation and I hope you are right, I also changed it from 10w30 semi to 5w30 full synth a week earlier which is only rated to (from memory) 36c or 38c and this day got over 40c so perhaps the oil started to crap out and fry via the egr, I won't panic and rush the 5w30 out of it tomorrow as we are about to come into winter but next summer it's getting 10w40 and it will be staying at that viscosity from then on..

I fix washing machines most days mechanical timers suck! .. direct drive machine & digital controller for the win but yeah I know exactly what you are saying

Haven't done anything about the valve today as I want to make the best effort I can at repairing it, my hands are sore! It's a beautiful 33c day easter eve and right now all I'm really interested in tbh is this bottle of Beam in my cupboard lol

meanwhile we drive around in our noble steed NHW20R

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Decided against adding any foreign materials to this rotor as I will replace it if this experiment works! .. thinking about what to use for filler material, i keep looking over at the intake manifold thinking it's probably a similar plastic what you think?

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Okay cheers, will do my best with what I have available

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Hey Mendel, yeah hopefully we have figured at least one of the ways this thing can fail, it would be really nice if someone out there who replaced their rotor/spring could look at their old one and compare the plastic ski bit to mine ..

Discovered the tip on the soldering iron that i use for plastic melts is not long enough to make it all the way down into the rotor where i need to manipulate it, the eczema on my hands has gone full bloom (which really frustrates me no end) and its easter sunday! really don't feel like piddling around making a longer tip for the iron right now.. clean clothes today and continue with this little experiment tomorrow

you know i will follow up right to the end and perhaps even longer lol

 

Hi Slick

Nah, they don't sell it separately unfortunately .. i wish!

Yea, i noticed that article myself and wondered the same thing

.. Really hoping to get back to it later today, had to give my hands a rest i made the mistake of taking myself off my eczema meds which ended badly lol but getting better now! ..

Been racking my brain to figure out the best way to get a repair out of this magnet, i was planning on using a soldering iron but now Im thinking of getting an old butter knife, slimming up the end of it and putting an 90 degree bend on it so i can heat it up and push the outer edge of the ski ramp in a little to give me a bit more meat up top to play with, then use the folded portion of the HOT bent knife to stamp the excess plastic DOWN into the crack as filler and smooth it over ..

Not expecting it to be a lasting repair but would like to buy myself some time, if i get a couple trips or just one good test result from techstream, i will be very happy!

If anyone has a magnet and spring they would be kind enough to sell me (with postage to AU) please send me a message

PS. i was looking at 4th gen egr valves purely to rob the magnet and spring but one ebay member tells me they are different, can anyone confirm?

Cheers all stay tuned for update later today or maybe tomorrow

 

Hey ChapmanF, sorry i haven't got a result yet.

Yep, i was wondering if its just different number but effectively the same parts