EGR Valve and check engine light
07-24-2008, 10:24 PM
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EGR Valve and check engine light
I get a check engine light at midrange rpm's. I took it to a shop and they said that i needed a new EGR valve. so i bought one at checker, put it on and it cured it for about a day, then check engine came back on. i took it back and they said that since i bought an aftermarket one, it's not set up right for the ford system. Now i know that OBD1 sucks but will buying a motorcraft egr with egr position sensor cure this? they also told me that i might want to contact trick flow and try and find an egr thru them since it's an aftermarket air intake and it takes in more air. I have a BBK cai, 75mm MAF, 70mm TB, and street heat intake.
07-24-2008, 10:34 PM
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RE: EGR Valve and check engine light
I doubt that is the issue..what you need to do is run the koer test yourself and provide us with a code number so we can see what part of the egr system is malfunctioning
07-24-2008, 10:37 PM
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RE: EGR Valve and check engine light
alright, this will leave me open to adder, but how do i do that? do i need a code reader. if i do, could i just use the one at checker?
forgot to mention, the check engine light doesn't stay on all the time, just certain rpm's, above 2500. last time a guy at checker just hooked up my car to the reader and it revved my engine to 3500, and then i unplugged it.
forgot to mention, the check engine light doesn't stay on all the time, just certain rpm's, above 2500. last time a guy at checker just hooked up my car to the reader and it revved my engine to 3500, and then i unplugged it.
07-24-2008, 10:45 PM
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RE: EGR Valve and check engine light
there are two types of tests your car's ecm can run = koeo and koer..koeo= key on engine off and this pulls all memory codes and a few actuator tests...koer = key on engine run in which the ecm bumps idle up and runs self tests and functional tests on various systems such as egr for example..and if any of the tests fail criteria..a code is flashed out to you
07-24-2008, 10:47 PM
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RE: EGR Valve and check engine light
here is a link:http://www.troublecodes.net/Ford/
google DIY KOER and you'll get tons of results
google DIY KOER and you'll get tons of results
07-25-2008, 07:20 AM
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RE: EGR Valve and check engine light
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I get a check engine light at midrange rpm's. I took it to a shop and they said that i needed a new EGR valve. so i bought one at checker, put it on and it cured it for about a day, then check engine came back on. i took it back and they said that since i bought an aftermarket one, it's not set up right for the ford system. Now i know that OBD1 sucks but will buying a motorcraft egr with egr position sensor cure this? they also told me that i might want to contact trick flow and try and find an egr thru them since it's an aftermarket air intake and it takes in more air. I have a BBK cai, 75mm MAF, 70mm TB, and street heat intake.
I get a check engine light at midrange rpm's. I took it to a shop and they said that i needed a new EGR valve. so i bought one at checker, put it on and it cured it for about a day, then check engine came back on. i took it back and they said that since i bought an aftermarket one, it's not set up right for the ford system. Now i know that OBD1 sucks but will buying a motorcraft egr with egr position sensor cure this? they also told me that i might want to contact trick flow and try and find an egr thru them since it's an aftermarket air intake and it takes in more air. I have a BBK cai, 75mm MAF, 70mm TB, and street heat intake.
07-25-2008, 09:51 AM
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RE: EGR Valve and check engine light
yeah, tell me about it. i don't know a lot, but it sounded kind of funny to me. after work today i'm going to checker to try and use their code reader, i didn't know that it idles up your car to run diagnostics, scared the **** out of me, so naturally i unplugged it, i thought my car was the next christine
07-25-2008, 12:37 PM
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RE: EGR Valve and check engine light
yes ^^^that's the case when running a koer test it bumps the idle up to run a system test on THE IAC motor and so it won't stall out when running the egr test and cylinder balance test and other such tests....don't get scared..ecm will return idle back to normal when test is done
