Yes, it is a stainless steel plate about as thick as a thinnish gasket which fits in between the plastic inlet and the steel egr. It is oval so fits nicely in there and seals off the egr gasses from entering the manifold. And yes, you remove the two bolts and slot it in there. Iirc., i had to loosen the plastic inlet manifold section with the three torx screws in order for the blanking plate to slide in.