Did I Screw Up?
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From: Mt Laurel NJ
St. Jude Donor '06-'07
Did I Screw Up?
Hello,
Back story- I had been chasing a drivability problem w/ my car for a few months, the cats were rattling, so I replaced the exhaust system w/ true duels. When I got the car back, it ran terrible, worse than before. I did a complete tune up, plugs, coil, module, wires, cap, fuel filter, car still had a miss, and would set a code 32 (erg). I did a compression check, all is good, checked the fuel injectors, one and three were bad. However, this would not fix the code 32 problem, which was caused by a lack of backpressure, per the FSM. A Forum member, Trog offered to burn me a new chip for free, and I took him up on his offer. I installing a new set on fuel injectors (Accel 24 lb) and an AFPR using the Sam Lab method, and it worked pretty well. Because of the problem w/ the EGR, I decided to remove it and install a block off plate. The car started right up, and boy does it run great. Better then ever, by a wide margin.
The Problem
When I shut the car off after the first start up, I hear air escaping from somewhere, and now the car idles too high, at about 900 rpms. Could the EGR block off plate be leaking? I cleaned the TB and used all new gaskets to put everything back together. I replaced all three Plates.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks for your help.
Back story- I had been chasing a drivability problem w/ my car for a few months, the cats were rattling, so I replaced the exhaust system w/ true duels. When I got the car back, it ran terrible, worse than before. I did a complete tune up, plugs, coil, module, wires, cap, fuel filter, car still had a miss, and would set a code 32 (erg). I did a compression check, all is good, checked the fuel injectors, one and three were bad. However, this would not fix the code 32 problem, which was caused by a lack of backpressure, per the FSM. A Forum member, Trog offered to burn me a new chip for free, and I took him up on his offer. I installing a new set on fuel injectors (Accel 24 lb) and an AFPR using the Sam Lab method, and it worked pretty well. Because of the problem w/ the EGR, I decided to remove it and install a block off plate. The car started right up, and boy does it run great. Better then ever, by a wide margin.
The Problem
When I shut the car off after the first start up, I hear air escaping from somewhere, and now the car idles too high, at about 900 rpms. Could the EGR block off plate be leaking? I cleaned the TB and used all new gaskets to put everything back together. I replaced all three Plates.
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks for your help.
Last edited by RandyJ75; Jul 6, 2007 at 06:00 PM.
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On my year I needed three EGR block off plates. On the back of the intake, on the EGR valve, and on the exhaust manifold tube. If you used gaskets and the bolts got tight, there shouldn't be a leak.
