[mistikempire]

Guys im in the middle of removing my egr valve from my e92 335d, i have removed the engine cover, undone all the hose clips attaching the egr, the egr has 4 bolts attaching it to the manifold, i have undone the top 2, but can notttttttt access the bottom 2! just how in the hell do you access an undo the bottom bolts????

[acerboo]

cant remember how I did mine but have you searched diy on here im sure theres one

[NotNormal]

remove the plastic intake ducting (torques drives T-25 IIRC)
then use a 1/4 drive ratchet and put a bendy joint on it along with and extension bar

They are fiddly, but not too bad with the plastic duct removed

The total job took me 25-35 mins

[bmwm-power]

a tip to prevent dropping the bolts into the engine bay..place a rag or plastic bag under the egr valve to act as a net to catch the bolts if you do drop them ..save you time and hassle of trying to find them if they fall into engine bay.

[335DEE]

If you can 't access the bottom 2 bolts even if you have done as above , then it's manifold off time , not difficult just long winded . ( 30 mins or so)

It's worth taking off anyway as you can clean all the crap that builds up inside it