how do you guys clean the EGR & what's the benifit we get from there please help l have to go the workshop soon to change the oil...so l'm thinking to clean the EGR but don't know what'e the point to clean it....

 

nobody can help me bout the EGR?

 

search is your friend, look under cleaning intake manifold or cleaning throttle body i'm sure something will pop up for you

 

unless your getting a check engine light on with a P0401 code, or the car just isnt running smooth there is no point to having it cleaned. No if your bored and need something to do in the drive way then id say take er apart and clean it.

Here is the breif diy i did on it



this one still has a few pics left
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start off by getting 3 or so cans of SPRAY carb cleaner and acouple small scrub brushes.
if your engine is any thing like the 2nd gen
baisicly you take the plastic engine cover off 4 10-mm bolts. then disconect the battery. they disconect the rubber hose that goes from the air box to the throttle body. continue to unplg any thing that goes to the intake (any plugins hoses) then there are 10 10mm bolts on the top plate (the part that sticks up thru the plastic engine cover) oull that straight up being carefull to not damage teh gasket. then there are like 8 bolts (12mm i think, i cant remember off the top of my head) then you are able to pull the upper part of the intake manifold off (double check before you pull straight up that every thing is disconected) then get your self a nice place to work and start cleaning. (stick a bag over the TB before you hose every thing down like in my pic to be safe)
it sounds like alot but its really easy should take about a hr to do

 

thanks fsttyms1 but l didn't get the pic cz of can not display...

 

Here ya go

http://www.acurainspired.com/forums/...showtopic=4003

 

is there any STEP BY STEP for this wit pix??

cause when i try to restart my car after driving it for a while it would either stall or feel like its gunna stall. what would help/stop this???

 

It is actually very easy.

On the '02-'03, take off the plastic engine cover by removing the 4 bolts.

Then you will silver bolts and two nuts on top, bolting down a grey plate. That's the EGR plate. Take that off, save the gasket (be careful not to bend it). Clean those with spray carb cleaner.

If you want to go further, then take off the upper intake manifold by removing the bolts that hold it down. You will see them once the EGR plate is off. Disconnect the throttle bodies from the manifold, and the whole thing lifts right out. Use spray carb cleaner to clean that, and you can use a strong stream of water of hose everything out.

Let everything dry, and reverse the steps to put them back on. Do not tighten too hard, as you could break the studs. I don't know the torque specs off hand, but I used my patented JTE spec -- Just Tight Enough.