Ok thanks for clarifying, I thought stage one was done only through the tuner, yeah I’ll probably go your route until I get more time to fully delete...Stage 1 egr delete is the removal of the diffuser tube( from egr to intake)
stage 2 is physically removing egr, installing block off plates on intake and exhaust, and installing a coupling in the coolant hose to complete the loop that used to go through the egr.
In the process of ordering SFT Tuner... Looks like the $649 deal is the way to go... I’ll do like you described and only remove the diffuser tube...So, to remove any part of the egr, you’ll need a tune. There’s two stages of tuning, stage 1 turns off the egr and allows for its removal, a stage 2 tune requires full exhaust removal and turns off the egr and allows for its removal and is considered “off road only”
Which Tuner?FYI, I chose to buy both stage 1 and 2 tunes. Once you have them, and don’t conform to recall flashes at the dealer, they’re good forever. Thinking was, run stage one till I had dpf, scr problems, once those occurred I switched to stage 2.