john6699

I am not sure is the problem under the intake manifold or do I clean out the egr valve
98 cl 3.0

97BlackAckCL

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search around, this is a known issue. There was a recall on our cars for the egr valve, see if your car qualifies, if not, clean the egr yourself

john6699

I called today and it doesn't I saw the sticky by ozzieninji.
Just wasn't sure if the EGR Valve could be a issue

P0401

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as you can tell by my nick on here that I have had this issue before. This is a very simple fix, here is the instructions https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-tl-1999-2003-98/diy-thermoblok-spacers-install-egr-cleaning-615644/ you just do not have to do the spacer thing as they did in the tutorial. Also remember to not just clean out the intake side and forget the engine side (as I did at first and had to go back in to get the motor side. It only takes about 30 minutes to fix this problem. I am willing to bet its not the EGR valve itself it is just these holes are clogged up. Mine was very badly stopped up but was simple to get clean with injector cleaner and a drill bit

P0401

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here is a picture of where the hole is that needs to be cleaned out on the engine side. I circled it in red

john6699

The one on the intake part was 100% blocked. This was alot easier then I though.
Before I put back together should I use antisieze on the bolts.
I also changed sparkplugs however one is stuck what do I do to remove it