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Re: ERG Trouble
Holes are too small to retrieve the plug through where it came from. I
am going to try removing the EGR vale and incerting a small hose attached to a shop vacuum through there. That opening is a bit larger. Also the check engine light keeps returning although the car is running great. I keep taking a battery post off to reset the computer.It will run for about 2-3 hours before light returns but, it always returns. Could the plug be disrupting the air flow causing egr light? Eric wrote: > lude01 wrote: > > > > I own a 2001 Prelude. I started getting "bad egr valve" code from my > > car's computer. I bought a mew egr valve ($180) and light came back on > > same code. I have a friend that is a mechanic at my local Honda > > dealership. He told me to drill to remove 4 melal plugs from the intake > > manifold and clean the ports underneath those plugs. Honda sells > > replacemrnt plugs for like $.15 each. Worked like a charm. Removed > > large amount of carbon with air hose. > > While putting the replacement plugs in the holes I knocked one of the > > too far and it fell down into the manifold. Can this be a problem????? > > I don't know how the manifolds are designed on a 2001 'lude but it's > conceivable that if the plug is in the intake manifold that it might work > it's way into a cylinder. The results would be disastrous. Can you see the > plug? If so, can you grab it with a spring type claw tool such as > http://tinyurl.com/ebwfy ? I realize that this might not be possible due to > the small access hole that you have available. If the plug is loose and > rolling around, then the safest approach would be to remove the manifold and > get the plug out. This would probably be the procedure I would follow if it > were my car. > > Eric |
Re: ERG Trouble
Holes are too small to retrieve the plug through where it came from. I
am going to try removing the EGR vale and incerting a small hose attached to a shop vacuum through there. That opening is a bit larger. Also the check engine light keeps returning although the car is running great. I keep taking a battery post off to reset the computer.It will run for about 2-3 hours before light returns but, it always returns. Could the plug be disrupting the air flow causing egr light? Eric wrote: > lude01 wrote: > > > > I own a 2001 Prelude. I started getting "bad egr valve" code from my > > car's computer. I bought a mew egr valve ($180) and light came back on > > same code. I have a friend that is a mechanic at my local Honda > > dealership. He told me to drill to remove 4 melal plugs from the intake > > manifold and clean the ports underneath those plugs. Honda sells > > replacemrnt plugs for like $.15 each. Worked like a charm. Removed > > large amount of carbon with air hose. > > While putting the replacement plugs in the holes I knocked one of the > > too far and it fell down into the manifold. Can this be a problem????? > > I don't know how the manifolds are designed on a 2001 'lude but it's > conceivable that if the plug is in the intake manifold that it might work > it's way into a cylinder. The results would be disastrous. Can you see the > plug? If so, can you grab it with a spring type claw tool such as > http://tinyurl.com/ebwfy ? I realize that this might not be possible due to > the small access hole that you have available. If the plug is loose and > rolling around, then the safest approach would be to remove the manifold and > get the plug out. This would probably be the procedure I would follow if it > were my car. > > Eric |
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