EGR valve
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EGR valve
Sup ya'll. My CEL is on and Meineke tells me its my EGR valve and I needa spend $300 on it to replace it. I said 
that. I heard that most of the time this "egr valve" wherever it is can just simply be cleaned. ANy details and ideas please? I would GREATLY appreciate it sine I cant buy my kit unles my engine is fixed.
that. I heard that most of the time this "egr valve" wherever it is can just simply be cleaned. ANy details and ideas please? I would GREATLY appreciate it sine I cant buy my kit unles my engine is fixed.
Last edited by icynelly; Jul 21, 2003 at 05:30 PM.
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i found this thread on the other forum. hope it helps.
http://protege5.com/vbb225/showthrea...ight=EGR+valve
http://protege5.com/vbb225/showthrea...ight=EGR+valve
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Pull it off and look at it. Buy a new gasket first, and be careful stripping the old one off if it is stuck. If you can see a lot of carbon built up in it then clean it out, other issues can look like a stuck EGR valve.
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I have a 99 lx 1.6L . My EGR was throwing a code so I took it off and there was alot of carbon **** in there. I sprayed it with B-12 and let soak and sprayed more. I used a dermmel with the plastic brush head and cleaned it out really good. Then I used compressed air to blow it out. I did that about 30,000 miles back and have had no problems..........Duncan
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Look at the intake MANIFOLD on the driver side. Its gonna be almost at the bottom, It has 2 bolts holding it on. The top of it is a dark grayish plastic witha electric connection plugged in. The main body is rough metal and it is about 4 inches long. Sorry. no pics here.............Duncan
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Originally posted by duncanslx
Look at the intake MANIFOLD on the driver side. Its gonna be almost at the bottom, It has 2 bolts holding it on. The top of it is a dark grayish plastic witha electric connection plugged in. The main body is rough metal and it is about 4 inches long. Sorry. no pics here.............Duncan
Look at the intake MANIFOLD on the driver side. Its gonna be almost at the bottom, It has 2 bolts holding it on. The top of it is a dark grayish plastic witha electric connection plugged in. The main body is rough metal and it is about 4 inches long. Sorry. no pics here.............Duncan
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you dont need to pull your egr valve off pull your throtle body off and you will see a small hole that supplys vaccuum to your egr valve find the valve and pull off the vaccuum hose and clean it out that is why your engine light came on just clean that out with carb cleaner and a coat hanger.
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how cool, just when i need an answer you guys are here with the goods...
icynelly, please let us know how it goes. i was just diagnosed w/ the same problem. dealer quoted me $405 bucks... WTF!!! i'm gonna try to clean it myself, too.
icynelly, please let us know how it goes. i was just diagnosed w/ the same problem. dealer quoted me $405 bucks... WTF!!! i'm gonna try to clean it myself, too.
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Originally posted by 99protege
how cool, just when i need an answer you guys are here with the goods...
icynelly, please let us know how it goes. i was just diagnosed w/ the same problem. dealer quoted me $405 bucks... WTF!!! i'm gonna try to clean it myself, too.
how cool, just when i need an answer you guys are here with the goods...
icynelly, please let us know how it goes. i was just diagnosed w/ the same problem. dealer quoted me $405 bucks... WTF!!! i'm gonna try to clean it myself, too.
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pics would be awesome. i looked for the egr yesterday but couldn't determine which part it was. and i don't want to start pulling stuff out without being sure. any more insight would be appreciated.
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