The whole whether to delete the EGR valve question has arisen again over on Facebook along with people asking if it was worth the losing the anti-shudder valve as well as obviously its integrated into the EGR on PD130/50 engines.
What i'm hoping somebody could answer me is, rather than completely deleting the EGR valve and anti-shudder valve would it be possible to disconnect the main vacuum pipe from the EGR, remove and blank off the exhaust intake pipe which attaches to it therefore eradicating the likelihood of it getting caked in crap in the future whilst still retaining the anti-shudder valve located on the top of it with it's own vacuum hose still intact and active?
Would the anti-shudder valve still operate independently?
Failing that I do have a PD130 specific EGR delete pipe in the shed i could utilse but have heard assorted views on how it affects engine shut off due to the lack of anti-shudder which eventually has an increased detrimental effect on the engine mounts.