EGR help new GUY OUT!!!

[powerwagon]

ok i have a 1988 2.3. I am swaping header manifolds out with a tubed one out of a 90s ranger. i got my old one of and put the new one on only to find out the egr tube is not the same conection! so i need to go back to the junk yard and get the other egr tube. BUT do i have to have this hooked up? can i just cap of the egr and the tube fiting on the header or do i have to have it for it to run? i plan on geting real headers soon. will bloking of the egr efect the EFI.... pleas help me im new to efi cars. i am a license inspecter so geting it to pase with out it ant **** lol dont tell...

 

[mrboyle]

No it does not need to be hooked up to run, but you have to have something to plug the holes or you will have a major exhaust and vacuum leak. You will also have a CEL from the EGR position sensor not seeing the valve move when it is told to.

 

[powerwagon]

no it does not need to be hooked up to run, but you have to have something to plug the holes or you will have a major exhaust and vacuum leak. You will also have a cel from the egr position sensor not seeing the valve move when it is told to.

is that bad?