EGT sensor placement in a TDI [not mTDI]

[the caveman]

I"m asking this for someone i know who spent a year or 2 doing a nice installation of  an ALH  TDI into a Pinzgauser. He's trying to get more performance out it- chip, bigger nozzles etc. I told him he should get an EGT gauge. He went ahead and installed ,putting the probe i believe where the EGR pipe used to come out. Going up big hills under throttle he's only seeing 800 o max. Is it possible the probe is too far downstream, or is it because the  ECU driven fuel management keeps the  exhaust temps  low ?

[macka]

Sounds like it could be too far down stream. He should get a laser thermometer and shoot a temp reading higher up stream and compare what the EGT says to what the thermometer says higher up stream.

[G60ING]

the EGR port is the wrong location for the EGT probe. Thats where I had mine but I knew it was wrong and the next time I pulled the turbo I planned on drilling a new port for it in the manifold itself.

[sawedoffgolf]

In my girlfriends car we had the egr delete. we taped the block off plate and got a longer probe, havent had any issues and it seems very accurate. i will try and find the link to the probe we are using.

[sawedoffgolf]

In my girlfriends car we had the egr delete. we taped the block off plate and got a longer probe, havent had any issues and it seems very accurate. i will try and find the link to the probe we are using.

this is the same probe we have, but this kit also has the blockoff plate.
http://www.tdiparts.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=1202