i bought my cl about 2 years ago and its the 2.3 and about a week after i got it my engine light came on took it to auto zone and they said it was my egr vavle!! i have had the codes cleared many times i have taken the egrv off at least 100 times and cleaned it along with the tubes that it connets to.
i have heard you can block it off but i dont know if it will hurt anything or not i need an easy cheap fix for the problem can anyone help????? thanks guys

 

and it has thrown this code as well but no one has been able to explain this one to me .((Catalyst system efficiency below threshold)) ?????????????????????????????????????????????? but i have driven the car for about 2 years with maybe a lil loss in power not sure though. and a strange sound coming from around the cat. any help will be great thanks

 

((Primary heated O2 sensor))i put in a new one and then this one popped up ((Secondary heated O2 sensor)) so i put in a new one

((Random/Cylinder 1 misfire 2-3-and 4)) i bought new e3 diamond fire plugs and when the ((Catalyst system efficiency below threshold)) code came up i thought maybe the cat was cloged so i gutted the cat and i also had that strange sound coming from that area i thought maybe a piece had broken off and was just bounceing around in makeing that sound but i was wrong.

 

first i'd replace the cat, that should take care of the catalyst sys code and the egr(check your egr hoses, make sure they're not rotted and egr solenoid, make sure it's working right, not the one on the intake manifold but the solenoid behing the dr headlight)

you might have all these codes cause your cat is non functional

 

ok thanks do you think a racing cat or something like that would fix it once the code flashed up i gutted my stock cat and also i want to buy an accord header off of ebay cause they are cheaper do you know what model i would need (ex se dx) and once again thanks

 

no racing "cat" ,thats bs for straight pipe
get something like this that is actually functional
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/_Car-...4506.m20.l1116

i'd go with a ex header cause it had vtec like ours

 

is there a egr recall on my car

 

no, its commen among our cl's and accords, i think they made the ports too small. and then a bad cat makes the car run dirtier and clog up the ports quicker. mine did it too, i cleaned them out abunch of times but it didn't stop till i replace the "race" "cat"(straight pipe) i had on.

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...id=p2759.l1259

will this fit my 2.3 cl

 

looks like it will

 

ok and i have heard that taking out the whole egr system is good what do you think has anyone on here done that and what are the pros and cons

 

Don't buy that cheap crap, get a real header

 

i dont have the money to buy more expenive stuff im just trying to get a lil more power for cheap

 

too much work for no reason, you don't get any gains,i'd keep it in and just fix it to make it work correct.<--about the egr

the header would techincally "work" but it's cheap ebay stuff that usally means the fitment is off ,the material is crap, the finish will proably come off quick. stuff like that

 

what are some easy things (tricks mods whatever) i can do at home for lil money and get a lil extra hp i have already done the coolant trottle body bypass which was free and easy and can notice a power differance but is there anything else

 

homemade short ram air-use your pipe, just take out your air box and put on a k&n filter.
h22 throttle body if you can find one
get rid of any excess weight
but you gotta pay to play, ya know not too many free hp out there

 

i already have a short ram that i made would i have to mod anything to make the h22 throttle body fit and what about the h22 intake manifold is it any better than mine and if so would it fit

 

just have to try the throttle body and see, i had a h22 tb on my d15b vtec civic, it was bigger than stock. h22 manifold makes no difference, money would be better spent on something else

 

I usualy agree with now buying ebay suff but I mean, it's just $50 tubeing.. I would give it a try and if it ever somehow gets messed up, just put the stock header back on. You would also be pretty unique for having the ebay header. I don't think I've seen a CL with the ebay header for as long as I've been here. IMO, go for it!

Damn.....I've already been here for a year! Time flys.....