hey well i might have come up with a way to fix my Egr problem for good. i bought a use lower intake from a friend and there is a small freeze plug in the front on the Egr pipe i cam up with the idea of drilling that plug out and tapping a stud in it my idea is that when the egr pipe gets clogged like they all do i can undo the plug and egr and push the carbon through. ill put picks up but tell me what you think.
I like the ideia, but why is your EGR pluging up so quick? Are you burning oil? You should not have that much carbon in the EGR stream. Generally the plugging comes from the cooling and condensing of the EGR gasses dropping the carbon deposit / build up. That is why the build up occures at the intake port, because it is cooler.
WoW this post contains soo much bad information.... Where do I start???
The EGR by function recirculates exhaust gas (inert) into the intake at preset driving conditions. This reduces combustion temperatures. It is the extreemly high combustion temps that create the bad emissions. The EGR in good working condition doesn't have much relation to fuel milage or performance. A plugged EGR shouldn't have much effect on milage or performance either. The Computer seeing the EGR fail the MAP test and setting the check engine light, thus kicking the EFI into open loop or limp mode is what kills MPG and performance.
An EGR hung partially open or leaking on the intake side (thus supplying an unmetered vacuum leak at all throttle positions) could cause a loss of performance and reduced efficency.
Otherwise the EGR doesn;t control or even function at idle. I have actually driven around with a vacuum guage taped to my windshield and T'ed into my EGR. Here you can learn when the EGR actually functions.
