!EGR mod gone wrong...
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!EGR mod gone wrong... I'm hoping this is the right section...
Well, I did the free mod where I cut the EGR tub that goes down into the front of the intake manifold, and I've been having some issues. A friend helped me out, but I think we messed something up. Sometime I get a loud hiss from that area (obviously a leak), so all I do is take the tube back out, readjust the rubber O-ring, put in in, and everything's fine. The thing is, it keeps coming back, and it throws a code everytime. I don't have a scan tool or anything though, to check the code.
What can I do?
Oh, and I guess I should add that I can't tighten the 10mm bolt too much, it will only go to a certain tightness then stop.
Thanks guys.
Well, I did the free mod where I cut the EGR tub that goes down into the front of the intake manifold, and I've been having some issues. A friend helped me out, but I think we messed something up. Sometime I get a loud hiss from that area (obviously a leak), so all I do is take the tube back out, readjust the rubber O-ring, put in in, and everything's fine. The thing is, it keeps coming back, and it throws a code everytime. I don't have a scan tool or anything though, to check the code.
What can I do?
Oh, and I guess I should add that I can't tighten the 10mm bolt too much, it will only go to a certain tightness then stop.
Thanks guys.
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Just went out and checked on the car, and it's official that the hole for the bolt to go into was threaded out of the intake manifold. I can still push it in enough to get a seal, but I gotta do something about this. 
I hope this isn't my excuse to get an LS6 intake
I hope this isn't my excuse to get an LS6 intake
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From: Waldorf, MD
I plan on just removing the EGR now, but is there a way to not get a code (without deleting it with Edit)? I heard somewhere that there might be a resistor I could use. Anyone know anything about this?
Is the bolt hole stripped or the brass came out. Mine leaked when I did it but it was because I slide the o-ring all the way up. I moved the o-ring down and let the tube push it into position when I tightened the bolt.
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Originally Posted by Dustin Butts
Try a new slightly thicker o-ring. Bend the tube slightly also so it will put some pressure down on the manifold before you put the bolt back in.
or you can just take the whole damn thing off like I did