egr question
 

I don't think this has been covered yet...
My egr tube is cracked in half and i was thinking of blocking off the hole on the manifold, but i don't want to take out the entire egr system cause i don't want a CEL. So can I put one of those small filter things on the tube so it sucks normal air instead of exhaust? and would this make an impact on my gas mileage?

thanks in advance