[Crasher]

With the same engine, we had a Golf 6 with the same fault code late last year. We had the car in and fitted a new EGR valve from Euro Car Parts as genuine were on back order for an unknown period, we fitted it and sent it out. About two weeks later it came back in with the same fault code so we replaced the EGR valve again with a Valeo unit again from ECP as they offered it to us a free upgrade, this failed before we could even get the car off of the lift!!!!! We knew that genuine EGR valves were impossible to find but Ryan at our local TPS pulled some strings and managed to get us one, star! The car was handed back (we put in a claim for labour) but whilst chatting to the owner I mentioned the recall. I said that under no circumstances should he have this do to which he replied "ohh that's OK, it was done a few days before the EGR valve failed"..........

 

[Crasher]

The EGR cooler is on the back of the engine and is extremely unreliable, more so on the 1.6 TDI than on the 2L. We are now replacing genuine units we fitted barely three years ago and VW are not interested as the warranty is two years. The recall regarded the stupid over blown so called Diesel scandal, it just made matters worse as the amount of EGR flow required went up and the unit could not cope. Aftermarket units ar a joke, in a few cases we fitted best quality Piebrug units as genuine were on long term back order, in two cases these failed within days and one did not even make it off the lift! If you want to visualise what an issue it is, a larger car parts supplier we use has 2735 in stock...

 

[Crasher]

The car you have uses a completely different system to the later CR TDI, you need to start your own thread.