What does it do????


Austin

 

It basically shoots exhaust gases back into your intake manifold to reduce emissions. It does a couple other things, but thats the jist of it.

 

My ECU is reporting code for EGR. Is it saying that the control vavle assembly is at fault? and not the part on my Intake Manifold?

 

what motor?

 

I was reading on one of the posts that you can take it off with no probs is that true ?


Austin

 

h22a

 

EGR is a good thing for all vehicles driven on the street.. Exhaust Gas Recirculation. Its purpose is to vent exhaust gasses into your intake manifold to reduce emissions and more importantly reduce the chance of detonation on slight/moderate acceleration. Many people think that this will impare performance.. They are mistaken, it actually improves performance by eliminating the above problems..Now on full accel,, this could cause a performance decrease, this is why the OEM's program into the Fuel injection Map, to eliminate EGR activation.. Concerning your problem,, you can have a EGR lift problem or an EGR Flow problem.. EGR Lift code will tellyou that either the Valve itself is sticking or the vacuum/electrical signal is missing, depending your engine. EGR Flow code means that the ports them selves are clogged and need cleaning..Hope this helps..

 

ACK!!! Never remove your EGR Valve!!! #1,, its aginst the Law emission wise... #2 If you have a 1996 and later vehicle you probaly wont pass state emissions, for that matter,, you wont pass ANY state Inspection.. #3,, remember,, EGR is Your friend is daily street driving.. Yor car will ping/detonate then preignite( thats the bad one that blows holes thru your pistons) with out one...

 

the reason I asked is because mine isn't hooked up. So I need to get that taken care of then. I was already putting my car in the shop this week anyway. To get it tweeked.

Oh yeah my state doesn't have emission tests.

Austin

 

If Honda programs their EGR systems anything like Mazda used to, it only operates at idle. No performance loss.Not true. Plenty of cars get along just fine without them. The car will throw a code without it, though.