Is this egr broken? (vid inside)

[gmanpaint]

I don't get it , why would the truck run worse with the egr off? Considering most first gens don't even have an egr.

A little knowledge goes a long way

http://www.aa1car.com/library/egr.htm

 

[deamon3]

So from the looks of that the egr causes more problems when it's malfunctioning then when the engine doesn't have one at all. It still doesn't stray from the fact that my other explorer's egr was disabled and ran fine.

 

[ahodges]

If want a cheap fix and for it to not run great but most likely better than it is now.. you are going to have to plug off the vacumm line to the egr and then you're still going to have to take the old egr off so that you can plug up the exhaust tube with something and also the inlet to the intake manifold. This has to be done because from your video it looks like the internal spring is is broke or something.. Either way the egr is letting unmonitored air into the manifold uncontroled causing the rough idle.

So if you got that far why not put the $40 egr back on and solve all problems instead of half assing it. By either just letting it go or doing what I've suggested you are causing the engine to run lean and are severly shortening its life..

 

[deamon3]

Well It's not like it was going to have a long life to begin with lol, I will try that