Jimny EGR valve

Oops sorry Mick thought this was better as it was the same subject.

It's an '03 1.3 petrol Jimny soft top JLX O2. I've found out it's just to the right of the battery to the rear of the engine bay. I've been kindly given a service manual so going to attempt at the weekend.. Do you know if you have to spray/lubricate before you refit as manual doesn't mention

A lot of members see the start date and don't bother reading what can be a long drawn out saga is why it is best to start a new one. You can always mention the fact that you have read the history. Anyway the reason I was asking is I was using my disc to check where they are . But you seem to be on top of it so best of luck. I don't think there is anything to lubricate. Nice and clean and dry is what it needs.

I have the M13a engine, non vvt.
A hundred km ago I decided to blank the egr. Easy Custom job. Done with house tools. The hardest is to bolt and unbolt the line behind the engine that goes to the throttle body.
I still haven't got the checkengine light. Throttle response improved, I might say there's a noticeable performance gain in low range rpm. I'd like to believe an engine this small will not deliver bad emission results but I'll tell that later in a month when I take my jimny to emission tests.
Regarding Fuel economy I perceive also improvement. Usually the fuel needle is a bit down from where it is right now, given the distance driven.
I'll update more results in a month.

EGR boosts low and mid range performance and economy by part filling the cylinder with spent gasses - that improves the effective compression ratio and also reduces pumping losses. It has no effect on peak power because its not active under heavy loads. If you are seeing an improvement then you must have had a fault.

I also believe it has a fault. Maybe it is unable to fully close.. I'm gonna clean it..and the throttle body as well.
I cleaned the throttle body almost two years ago. Back then I didnt know about the existence of the egr. I didn't understand why the throttle body was so dirty.
After the first fuel fill up I got better city mileage. Im gonna keep the egr blanked until i'm ready for cleaning the whole thing.