# Egr piston blown? **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** clk-class, mercedes-benz\ **Created:** [March 7, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511 "2020-03-07T19:27:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adam\_Gee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Adam\_Gee](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Adam_Gee)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/1 "2020-03-07T19:27:39Z")
I took my car to a mechanic to fix EGR valve so fastest non test and he told me to drive it Virgin minutes and on the way back when motor blew up is that possible ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 7:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/2 "2020-03-07T19:30:44Z")
Adam , I have no idea what you are trying to say . Post year and miles on this vehicle . What did the mechanic have to say as to why it ’ blew up ’ what ever that means. ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/3 "2020-03-07T20:13:54Z")
If you’re asking people for help, you need to make an effort to communicate clearly so that we don’t have to waste time trying to make sense of this. ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2020, 10:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/4 "2020-03-07T22:19:24Z")
> [@Adam\_Gee](#): > > I took my car to a mechanic to fix EGR valve so fastest non test and he told me to drive it Virgin minutes and on the way back when motor blew up is that possible If you have a friend, relative, or neighbor who is a **native** speaker of English, you should ask that person to re-post your question in standard English. ---
**Author:** ![oldtimer-11](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e79b87/32.png) [@oldtimer-11](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldtimer-11)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 3:59am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/5 "2020-03-08T03:59:46Z")
I have no idea if it is possible, I do know it is not understandable. ---
**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 7:21am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/6 "2020-03-08T07:21:13Z")
At least tell us the conversion rate for “Virgin minutes” to standard minutes. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 1:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/7 "2020-03-08T13:23:09Z")
If egr is stuck open, motor will stumble? Probably get a code. Will it result in lean condition? Do motor damage? Don’t know. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 3:26am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/egr-piston-blown/160511/8 "2020-03-10T03:26:58Z")
> [@Adam\_Gee](#): > > told me to drive it Virgin minutes it probably means “told me to drive it for ten minutes” . . . as for “motor blew up” . . . I’m not sure what that’s about