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In order to further reduce NOx emissions in increasing HP EGR cooler performance, several OEMs have decided to use a secondary cooling loop dedicated to bring cold water (around 35°C) to the HP EGR heat exchanger. Nevertheless, strongly cooled EGR gases can condensate in the cooler-producing acidic liquids which can corrode some parts in the loop. It is therefore necessary to define EGR components compatible with such kind of environment and constraints. Testing was performed on a 2.0-liter EU4 diesel engine, using a large panel of current fuels including neat biodiesels from soybean, rapeseed or palm, as well as low and high sulfur petroleum-based diesels. In order to cover all existing cycle conditions, the HP EGR is cooled from 20°C to 90°C independently from the engine coolant circuit.