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Re: (no subject) Archived Message Posted by martin young on July 10, 2007, 6:57 pm, in reply to "Re: (no subject)" this has been bugging me so i thought i would try and find out more about this flap from what i can deduce yes it does shut the engine down but more importantly its used to create a vacuum or raise the vacuum in the inlet manifold for the egr ie when the egr opens (being a diesel)there is little vacuum unlike a petrol engine to suck in the exhaust gases so the flap is needed on the diesel to produce a vacuum so its used in conjuntion with the egr ducking into the trenches as i post martin Message Thread: (no subject) - Philip Cockburn May 30, 2007, 11:10 pm Golf 2.0 TDI PD BKD - Philip Cockburn May 30, 2007, 11:16 pm Re: Golf 2.0 TDI PD BKD - martin young May 31, 2007, 6:56 am Re: (no subject) - Alan Kane May 31, 2007, 8:43 am Re: (no subject) - Philip Cockburn May 31, 2007, 10:36 pm Re: (no subject) - martin young June 1, 2007, 6:49 am Re: (no subject) - Philip Cockburn June 20, 2007, 10:30 pm Re: (no subject) - martin young June 21, 2007, 7:00 am Re: (no subject) - martin young July 10, 2007, 6:57 pm Re: (no subject) - philip cockburn July 10, 2007, 7:21 pm Re: (no subject) - martin young July 10, 2007, 7:43 pm Re: (no subject) - philip cockburn July 10, 2007, 10:56 pm