bigjake
Veteran Member
Hey all,
Here in the next few weeks, I plan on tearing apart my engine to clean my nasty intake manifold. My first question is about the small butterfly valves in the manifold. I've heard there's a risk that they can break off and get ingested into the motor. I was curious as to how to remove these. Methods, tools, etc. I also would like to know, does their removal affect performance any? I'm assuming not, but figured I'd ask.
When that's all done and put back together, I plan to address my EGR cooler. Awhile ago I discovered my car was a victim of the botched recall when I found my lower pipe had a crack. I deleted only the lower pipe by placing blanking plates on the exhaust manifold port and on the port on the bottom of the cooler. While the exhaust leak under the hood is gone, my car is struggling to stay at operating temperature outside of the summer months. It's running cold and is killing my fuel economy. I believe this is due to the inoperable EGR. I intend to get a new pipe, reinstall all the hardware and delete the EGR electronically. I've read the electronic deletes will program the computer to keep the EGR valve closed, but open it whenever the car falls below operating temperature. Does anyone know the official term for this delete and someone who can do it? Also, I do not want my new lower EGR pipe to crack. I've read on here that one has to align the cooler to prevent this. How do I go about properly aligning the cooler?
-Jake
Here in the next few weeks, I plan on tearing apart my engine to clean my nasty intake manifold. My first question is about the small butterfly valves in the manifold. I've heard there's a risk that they can break off and get ingested into the motor. I was curious as to how to remove these. Methods, tools, etc. I also would like to know, does their removal affect performance any? I'm assuming not, but figured I'd ask.
When that's all done and put back together, I plan to address my EGR cooler. Awhile ago I discovered my car was a victim of the botched recall when I found my lower pipe had a crack. I deleted only the lower pipe by placing blanking plates on the exhaust manifold port and on the port on the bottom of the cooler. While the exhaust leak under the hood is gone, my car is struggling to stay at operating temperature outside of the summer months. It's running cold and is killing my fuel economy. I believe this is due to the inoperable EGR. I intend to get a new pipe, reinstall all the hardware and delete the EGR electronically. I've read the electronic deletes will program the computer to keep the EGR valve closed, but open it whenever the car falls below operating temperature. Does anyone know the official term for this delete and someone who can do it? Also, I do not want my new lower EGR pipe to crack. I've read on here that one has to align the cooler to prevent this. How do I go about properly aligning the cooler?
-Jake