What causes an EGR valve to clog up?
What causes an EGR valve to clog up?
EGR valves can become stuck ‘open’ or ‘closed’ due to a build-up of soot particles, carbon deposits and dirt from fuel. Motorway driving conditions are the most favourable to your EGR valve as longer, faster journeys allow the engine to get hot enough to get rid of carbon deposits.
How does exhaust pressure control the EGR valve?
Which means some of the exhaust backpressure is used to force the EGR valve open. To control the pressure and volume of the exhaust gasses that enter the EGR valve, the feed pipe from the exhaust pipe to the EGR valve has an orifice that controls the amount of exhaust gasses that enter the EGR valve.
Why did my EGR valve explode on my car?
The following week it drove fine for the first 2 days…until the EGR valve exploded. Called the dealer and he said yeah must be a defective part and he gave me a new one…which exploded after 2 miles. I am going to drive the car up to him tomorrow and tell him to fix it and i do not expect to be charged for anything until it is FIXED.
What kind of car is a 2001 escape?
Car is a 2001 Escape with the v-6 auto with 75000 miles. Up until this past summer it has been pretty reliable…here is the story: Driving home after the car was parked for a week at an airport and had major acceleration problems. Took it to the deal and he said probably just a cracked coil wire but it seemed fine to hime and he sent us on our way.
Which means some of the exhaust backpressure is used to force the EGR valve open. To control the pressure and volume of the exhaust gasses that enter the EGR valve, the feed pipe from the exhaust pipe to the EGR valve has an orifice that controls the amount of exhaust gasses that enter the EGR valve.
The following week it drove fine for the first 2 days…until the EGR valve exploded. Called the dealer and he said yeah must be a defective part and he gave me a new one…which exploded after 2 miles. I am going to drive the car up to him tomorrow and tell him to fix it and i do not expect to be charged for anything until it is FIXED.
Car is a 2001 Escape with the v-6 auto with 75000 miles. Up until this past summer it has been pretty reliable…here is the story: Driving home after the car was parked for a week at an airport and had major acceleration problems. Took it to the deal and he said probably just a cracked coil wire but it seemed fine to hime and he sent us on our way.
