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My EGR valve has been making weird noises and is killing my acceleration, and I'm trying to figure out how to get rid of the noise and get back my oomph without getting a new EGR.
So far:
I whacked it with a hammer, that made it work for a couple days.
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I unplugged the electronics that go into the EGR solenoid on the firewall so the valve wouldn't open any more (nice performance boost!). The CEL came on the next time I started the car, and it started running bad again, although without the noise.
How does one remove that damn thing (valve and CEL) without putting in a chip? Can I just leave the vacuum hose that goes to the valve dangling or plugged and then throw out the valve? Can I short out wires on the EGR plugs to make the ECU think I have a working EGR? Does the trick of blocking the hose that goes from EGR to intake manifold keep the CEL off?
So far:
I whacked it with a hammer, that made it work for a couple days.
-and-
I unplugged the electronics that go into the EGR solenoid on the firewall so the valve wouldn't open any more (nice performance boost!). The CEL came on the next time I started the car, and it started running bad again, although without the noise.
How does one remove that damn thing (valve and CEL) without putting in a chip? Can I just leave the vacuum hose that goes to the valve dangling or plugged and then throw out the valve? Can I short out wires on the EGR plugs to make the ECU think I have a working EGR? Does the trick of blocking the hose that goes from EGR to intake manifold keep the CEL off?