Citroën Dispatch EGR delete
£220 once. Or a new EGR valve every couple of years, each one fouling in the same stop-start van work as the last. Mobile software delete, we come to you.
Call 0161 694 7331 with the reg. We cover a 40-mile radius of Eccles.
For off-road and track use only.
The replacement bill on a Dispatch
On a Dispatch the valve is the usual failure, and it is the cheaper end of EGR work: £300 to £700 fitted at an independent, depending on the engine and whether the cooler comes out with it. The 1.6 HDi's valve is the one that fails most often and the cheapest to replace. The 2.0 HDi and BlueHDi valve is dearer, and on the BlueHDi there is a second, low-pressure valve and cooler that can go as well. Book it through a dealer at £100 to £140 an hour rather than an independent at £60 to £100 and the same job costs more. A clean is £80 to £200 and buys a few months on a van that does short runs.
Then the new valve goes back into the same work: eight drops before ten, the engine off at every one, never a hot run. It fouls the same way, on the same timescale, and the second bill is yours. Owners on their third valve are the people who call us.
Clean, replace or delete
| Option | Typical cost | How long it lasts | Road-legal? | |---|---|---|---| | Clean | £80 to £200 | Months to a year or two, depending on use | Yes | | Replace | £300 to £700+ fitted | Until the new part fouls | Yes | | Software delete | £220 once | Permanent | No, off-road and track use only |
The honest reading: a Dispatch that works on the road should be cleaned, not deleted. Cleaning is legal, it is the cheapest line on the table, and on a valve that is fouled rather than failed it works. Replacement is right when a valve has physically failed on a road van. The delete is for the off-road Dispatch, on site or in a compound, whose owner is on the second or third valve and wants it to be the last.
Dispatch engines covered
Dispatch Mk2 1.6 HDi and 2.0 HDi, 2007 to 2016
The DV6 1.6 has the cheap valve that fails repeatedly. The DW10 2.0 has a dearer valve that sticks, and cooler bypass faults on later units. Both are shared with the Peugeot Expert and Fiat Scudo of the same years.
Dispatch Mk3 1.6 BlueHDi, 2.0 BlueHDi and 1.5 BlueHDi, 2016 onward
The DV6 1.6 BlueHDi ran to 2019, the DW10 2.0 BlueHDi throughout, and the DV5 1.5 BlueHDi from 2019. The BlueHDi engines add a low-pressure EGR loop, so there are two valves and two coolers, and the 2.0 is the one with the buried, expensive cooler. The 1.5 is newer with a thin record.
The Mk3 is the same van as the Peugeot Expert and the Toyota Proace, with the same engines. See Citroën EGR delete for the rest of the range, or call 0161 694 7331 for a variant not listed.
What happens on the day
We come to the van: your yard, a site, a depot, your home. We connect at the OBD port, read every stored code, read the ECU file and write the EGR delete into it. Engine restarted, live data checked, codes cleared. Roughly an hour, and the van does not leave the yard. If the DPF is blocked as well, both are done in the same visit for £445: see DPF and EGR delete.
Cost questions on the Dispatch
Why is £220 cheaper than a new EGR valve on a Dispatch?
Should I try an EGR clean on my Dispatch first?
Is it worth deleting the EGR on a high-mileage Dispatch?
Is the price the same for every Dispatch engine?
Other Citroën models we cover
Pick your model:
Get a fixed price for your Dispatch: it is £220, whichever engine.
Call 0161 694 7331 with the reg and we will confirm the ECU type and a time. No call-out charge, no diagnostic fee, no strip-down, and the van stays in your yard. For off-road and track use only.