ERG Trouble
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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
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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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
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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