F'in EGR...

[Thejerseyfish]

Alright finnaly managed to get the code read today and of course its the EGR. I'm ready to drive this thing into the east river. Anyways, I checked old posts as always for how to clean it, and it seems that all of the links to the how faq don't work, they bring up this login page that I can't log into. If anyone can please help me out here so I can clean this damn thing and hopefully get the light off that would be great.

thejerseyfish

[Hotsauce]

99% it doesn't need cleaning, probably it only needs the gasket replaced and/or the 22mm nut tightened.

If you remove the egr and look in the bottom, its a very simple solenoid valve that lifts a tapered plug out of a hole to open the valve. if you push the plunger in, you can clean the hole if necessary.

John C.

[Thejerseyfish]

One small prob, don't where this thing is, what it looks like or how to even take it apart. Any help?

[VehiX]

One small prob, don't where this thing is, what it looks like or how to even take it apart. Any help?

These pice should help

[Thejerseyfish]

I had a feeling that was it but wasn't sure. So now that I know where it is how do I take it apart and clean it.

[SPAZZ]

easy

2 bolts. be carfeul with they easily stril or cross thread

plug the larger hole which I think is the hole on the left if I remember corrrectly.

Then start er up and spray brakes part cleaner down the other hole and make DAMN SURE that large hole is plugged good or you could blow yourself or your VX up or your surroundings up or VERY LARGE flames shoot out the hole catch the rag on fire and could blow something up like your VX, you or your surroundings

SERIOUS, no kidding around and neither is cleaning your EGR. So, pack the hole tight and BBQ or um spray away and replace that pvc when your done too.

[WormGod]

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This damned EGR tube mount nut I tell you. It's been the bane of my night. The last damned tihng holding me back from mounting my S/C. Getting leverage on this thing is killing me (and my back). There is only one way to get to this thing and it's creating a dilemna. Anyone know some secret to loosening and getting this thing off other than my next step.... an incendiary grenade?

EDIT: I got it. I couldnt get to bed tonight unless I had that bastard so I put up one more fight. Just put a little more muscle into it. Damned engineering minds that like to torture us with their hard to get, hard to maneuver places....

In all, there is no secret to this since brute force is the answer.

[Ldub]

Yah, that's a fun one, & also the reason I've learned to always carry a 22mm stubby in my glove box.
The EGR block supplied with the s/c kit will test your patience because the nut tends to loosen itself...then you get hear what your VX would sound like as a diesel.
I found that a gob of hi-temp silicone on the EGR nut threads upon reassembly works better than loc-tite to keep it from loosening.