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126015, Brain fart question... Posted by J, Jun-08-09 09:05 PM
Someone pleaz remind me what this is for, and how/if I can remove it completely... it has never stayed attached, makes no discernable difference to the engine, and generally pisses me off. Oh, and I just melted the vacuum tip off (touched the manifold), heh.

My EGR is blocked off, - J
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126016, RE: Brain fart question... Posted by Black Cotton, Jun-08-09 09:36 PM
egr solenoid.... its an electro-mechanical device, that uses the pcm to activate it to allow vac, through it to open up the egr valve.
it can never really be removed with out throwing a code, it can however be looped so that the egr valve and piping themselves can be eliminated. and thus you can tuck that device some where else say under your dash.
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126017, RE: Brain fart question... Posted by J, Jun-08-09 09:48 PM
Alrighty, so I guess my question is... how can I create a loop for it? Do I just plug the head where it attaches and run the solenoid off a vacuum line from the intake or what?
Hiding it under the fuse box appeals to me a whole lot more than any resistor mod (to reliably *not* throw a CEL)... if I can get it there. I've driven so very long without it actually attached (years) as it keeps blowing off (got tired of it), and I've not gotten any no-flow CEL's. My car is a '97 MTX.
- J
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126018, RE: Brain fart question... Posted by Black Cotton, Jun-08-09 09:53 PM
plug the intake, leave the connector attached, and take a piece of vac. hose and go from the cylinder vac port to the disk vac port and your done.
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126022, RE: Brain fart question... Posted by bzoss, Jun-09-09 10:58 AM
Anyone have pictures? I just wany to be sure that I am doing what you are saying to do. Pictures are just so much easier to follow. :)
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