Hey guys,
I am wanting a bit of guidance/confirmation here for the EGR port process. Any help is welcome since the DIY guide recently died.
1. I take off the plastic engine cover - no problem.
2. I take off the intake Manifold cover.
3. Because my manifold has a lot of oil pooling on the inside, I'm going to clean that out with paper towels and then take out all the bolts.
4. Disconnect all of the hoses going into the intake manifold. The old DIY had a nice list and pics of all the hoses.
In the old DIY there was a gasket on the back side of the manifold. It's smaller and resembles a trapazoid there was some importance for this procedure, but I cant remember if it's as little as "dont lose the gasket" or if this was an important part to the procedure. Help here is appreciated.
5. Disconnect Throttle body
6. Lift off Manifold.
7. Clean shit.
Now this is a bit more of a vague area for me. I am fine cleaning out the little circular holes on the disconnected manifold. BUT, there will be a source for those holes which is probably plugged up too. When I start spraying the carb cleaner into the source, where is that going? Do I need to disconnect something else to ensure all that gunk drains out instead of cycling through the engine?
8. Put it all back together following torque specs.
Do I need to take off the actual EGR Valve at any point?
Any guidance is welcomed in this process. I am really nervous about doing this since it involves a lot of hoses and stuff. I've been putting it off now all spring and summer because of my hesitation. On a scale of 1-10 how hard is this procedure? I've only changed out the brake pads on my car before.
I am wanting a bit of guidance/confirmation here for the EGR port process. Any help is welcome since the DIY guide recently died.
1. I take off the plastic engine cover - no problem.
2. I take off the intake Manifold cover.
3. Because my manifold has a lot of oil pooling on the inside, I'm going to clean that out with paper towels and then take out all the bolts.
4. Disconnect all of the hoses going into the intake manifold. The old DIY had a nice list and pics of all the hoses.
In the old DIY there was a gasket on the back side of the manifold. It's smaller and resembles a trapazoid there was some importance for this procedure, but I cant remember if it's as little as "dont lose the gasket" or if this was an important part to the procedure. Help here is appreciated.
5. Disconnect Throttle body
6. Lift off Manifold.
7. Clean shit.
Now this is a bit more of a vague area for me. I am fine cleaning out the little circular holes on the disconnected manifold. BUT, there will be a source for those holes which is probably plugged up too. When I start spraying the carb cleaner into the source, where is that going? Do I need to disconnect something else to ensure all that gunk drains out instead of cycling through the engine?
8. Put it all back together following torque specs.
Do I need to take off the actual EGR Valve at any point?
Any guidance is welcomed in this process. I am really nervous about doing this since it involves a lot of hoses and stuff. I've been putting it off now all spring and summer because of my hesitation. On a scale of 1-10 how hard is this procedure? I've only changed out the brake pads on my car before.