EGR Clean or Delete?

[golfmk4owner]

Hi guys, still due to post pics but im curently bedroom-bound with shingles 

Had the R-tech remap done the other day - many thanks to the guys at R-tech and friendly and genuine - can't reccomend them enough! And what a performance boost! 
They pointed out that my EGR valve is "leaking"... theres oily deposits around it. This would be backd up by the fact that it kind of screeches as i welly the car. So when ive recovered im going to pull my intercooler out and clean the expected oil.

My dillemma - Clean the EGR and try to find the source of the leak or get the allard pipe?
Now before people say "all it does is reduce emmisions", i like the idea of less emmisions lol. But my question is will an EGR delete be BENEFICIAL in comparison to a cleaned / replaced EGR. Id rather spend more money on whats BETTER for the car.

So any detailed advice would be great, thanks guys.
Thanks again to R-tech

[asif]

Hmmm I wanna know the answer to this aswell, patiently waiting
I'm sure the allard delete does more than just reduce emmissions though.

[Adam]

Since you have had a remap depending on what map R-Tech gave you the EGR will be turned off. All it may be doing now is blocking the air flow.

I would either take if off to clean or replace it with the allard.

[golfmk4owner]

Oh so remaps can actually tell the ECU not to use the EG can they?

I dont know what map i had but i presume it was the spec 1 - 175bhp. Any ideas if this disables the EGR?
If the EGR was disabled then, would cleaning it do anything at all or would it simply not be used and thus be in the way?
Thanks for any advice

[Adam]

Oh so remaps can actually tell the ECU not to use the EG can they?

I dont know what map i had but i presume it was the spec 1 - 175bhp. Any ideas if this disables the EGR?
If the EGR was disabled then, would cleaning it do anything at all or would it simply not be used and thus be in the way?
Thanks for any advice

When you turn you car off does it splutter to a stop?

I take it you know what an EGR does. It will be clogged up with the exhaust gunk and soot thus restricting. If it's been disabled it is in the way.

[golfmk4owner]

Well when i turn it off... it just cuts out. Wouldnt say it sputters...
Yeh i know what an EGR does, but if its leeaking then its not doing its job really i dont suppose 
Just dont really wanna get rid of something thats there for a purpose unless i can better it.

[Rhyso]

Allard EGR delete FTW

[asif]

Didn;t you ask what map you had done and what they did for you?

Maybe give them a call and ask if they turned the EGR off, then take it from there.

[Rhyso]

Didn;t you ask what map you had done and what they did for you?

Maybe give them a call and ask if they turned the EGR off, then take it from there.

No need.  If it's an R-Tech map it's been disabled and unless you got a TBE you would have had a Spec 1 map

I would have thought that 99% of tuners disable the EGR in their maps

[asif]

What's a TBE?

So EGR turned off so it no longer works so it's in effect dormant now, so why the EGR delete?

Sorry if i'm being stupid I just don't get the EGR delete if the map has already sort of deleted it. You get where i'm coming from?