Originally Posted by
oldford
Or drill 1 or 2 small holes in the blanking plate.
Allows for a small amout of EGR and should fool the ecu into believing the flow is enough.
Fiat and Opel even sell kits with a plate with holes for certain engines.
That helps as well. To be fair, diesels run lauder and hotter with EGR blanked, especially new ones 1.6 and 2.0 tdci.