I'll preface this like my last post by saying I looked for an answer before I made a new thread. I know that's aggravating. I just need to know if the EGR valve is necessary on the N/A motors? I've always removed and blocked off on my previous cars. But they weren't German...

And in the event that this isn't the problem (even though it's throwing the code) I'll explain my issue. My car will not start after driving to normal running temps. I have to open the hood and let it cool. There is no noticeable performance loss and I can push start and it catches everytime as well as no starting issues when cool. This is leading me to believe it's some stupid vapor problem from a clogged EGR but ANY advice in this area as always will be greatly appreciated.