Broke Egr Line?

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Was cleaning in the engine bay last night and went to remove the grey hose that connects to egr valve, and it snapped like a twig. I put a little cap on egr valve and the car still runs fine. Smog pump is deleted and heads are capped. Any use for this hose? Should I just complete my remove all egr at this point, car does not need to be smogged
 
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EGR has nothing to do with the smog pump or cat converters or any of that.

Keep the system functional. A tune is required to properly delete the EGR. EGR pumps inert gas into the cylinders during part throttle cruising to reduce fuel consumption. At WOT it's completly turned off and doesn't use ANY HP. No benefit to removing it.

To repair the line, get a peice of heat shrink hose that slips over the two broken ends and shrink it in place.
 
EGR has nothing to do with the smog pump or cat converters or any of that.

Keep the system functional. A tune is required to properly delete the EGR. EGR pumps inert gas into the cylinders during part throttle cruising to reduce fuel consumption. At WOT it's completly turned off and doesn't use ANY HP. No benefit to removing it.

To repair the line, get a peice of heat shrink hose that slips over the two broken ends and shrink it in place.

being tuned tomorrow
 
I have slipped a piece of vac tube with weatherstrip adhesive to patch hard to replace lines. I would worry about the shrink tube slipping unless it has adhesive inside. But that stuff is harder to find than plain shrink tubing.