Black soot; rather out than in, that shows that the fuel cleaned the engine :)
what sort of engine oil did you use? not too thin I hope.
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I think it was a 10w50 or 15w60 cant fully remember, It was a fully synthetic penrite oil for racing as it had a worked motor. I miss having a 1000rpm idle :(
Reviving an old thread, just wondering if anyone else has done this & if any notable differences?
Dumb question, but where is the EGR on the SRi? I looked at some youtube video's for the Z18XE & can't see it on my car? Anyone got a pic from a Barina 1.8 they can share?
From memory x18xe1 had an egr, z18xe didn't but will have a blanking plate on the end of the head above the gearbox
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Yes, all X18XE1s had an EGR valve and so did the Corsa C Z18XEs (Astra Z18s did away with the EGR), my Corsa had one back in the old days, lol. To be honest, the EGR never really gave me any issues, so I just left it as it was.
Thanks guys, I purchased a blanking plate & sealant from eBay, I've yet to get around to putting it on the car, reading up on it all there are varied opinions if it's worth doing it or not.
Might get around to doing it one day :shrug: