I am in Ontario, Canada, I have to renew my plates and get a new emmisions testing done. I have my check engine light on for about 6 months now and never bothered to get it fixed.

Will this have any affect in my test?

The code is P0401 (80) Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Insufficient Flow

I tried to call 2 different acura dealers and they gave me different quotes. from $300 to $600

Anyone have any ideas on this matter?

 

Your EGR valve just needs to be cleaned.. take it to a shop, its quite easy to do and should NOT cost $300 CDN !

 

Bite the bullet and get your mess repaired cheapskate.

 

Christ 6 Months!!! I Freak The First Day It Comes On. No But Seriously Has Your Gas Mileage Not Suffered?

 

Usually the first sign of a blocked EGR valve is poor fuel economy.

 

Well my god i had that code for a little over three days until the weekend and i cleaned my intake...my gas milage went down to about 16 mpg

 

well my egr port got clogged and i got p0401 my gas mileage went from around 24-26 to 16 so yeah it definatley went down...and i fixed it as soon as possible and even my idle and others were affected

 

Where did you take it for cleaning?

I am not suffering any loss in gas mileage...

 

i did it myself...it was one of the easiest manifolds to remove though i have a TL so im not really sure of the differences in the manifolds

 

The RL is pretty easy to work on in this respect as well. My '97 TL has a very similar engine.