EGR Problem? 1997 Honda Civic

[pOrk]

P1404 or P0404 came up, assuming its the EGR

I took it off to clean it out, lots of carbon build up. The small circle part inside the EGR, is that supposed to move? I'm pretty sure when I cleaned the EGR on Lisa's Blazer it moved in and out, am I wrong thinking this one should be similar?

[jbiscuit]

its a valve, it should open and close...did you try spraying it with some brake cleaner? Thats probably why you are getting the code: because its froze up

[pOrk]

its a valve, it should open and close...did you try spraying it with some brake cleaner? Thats probably why you are getting the code: because its froze up

But does it push IN or does it come out? a new one is over 200 bucks, if I can break this one loose thats what I'll do. I soaked the hell out of it with carb cleaner, still haven't gotten the plunger to move

[jbiscuit]

depends on where it is stuck...open or closed

[twirkin50]

I just did the one on my saturn and the small plunger was supposed to move easily. I had soooo much carbon built up that is wouldn't move. Soaked it down and cleaned it really good. Fixed the problem.

[pOrk]

depends on where it is stuck...open or closed

haha what a jag :rolf

[pOrk]

I got it moving freely now, it was pretty built up on the side of the piston dealie. I didn't see that it had a place on the top for an alan wrench, got it to spin and pull and its all cleaned up now. Hopefully the car is good to go for awhile now.

[Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay]

I had that code on my 99 SI and it was the bottom tube for the charcoal canister.

[sdb300zx]

Delete it :)

[pOrk]

It was indeed stuck, got it open and free and reset the code and its back again. How much you think a junk yard would charge for the EGR?

[hereitcomes]

Just the valve? Depends on what yard you go to.