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Old 03-16-2011, 11:50 AM   #38 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Mario_Marques View Post
i dont recommend you to delete egr if you want good fuel consumption, deleting egr will increase your fuel consumption
Thanks Mario, I have been trying to find this out for myself due to problems with a U.S. EGR cooler recall. From what I can find it is better to leave the EGR intact for lowest fuel consumption.
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The power needed to push an object through a fluid increases as the cube of the velocity. Mechanical friction increases as the square, so increasing speed requires progressively more power.

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