getting rid of EGR tube

[juecke98gt]

Has anyone gotten rid of the egr tube which comes from the drivers side exhaust manifold. I was told you could cap the exhaust hole off and make a plate to block the top off. Will this hurt anything like horsepower or gas mileage etc.. Have i been misinformed or is this true. :SNSign: O its a 98 gt

 

[98COBRA281]

i want to take mine off too, its been blocked off for a year now, but i want to get rid of the tube, but i dont know what to do wwith the vacume lines that come off it.

 

[juecke98gt]

I wonder if you cant just plug those to. O yeah my heads are on!!! Project coming along nicely, the arp head studs make it alot easier

 

[juecke98gt]

Only 200 dollars at Livernois

 

[SaleenGT2001]

you can remove the tube. there is a brass cap you can buy from Lowes for about $5. as far as the vac lines, you can just cap them off or trace them back and remove them from the main vac line.

my vac system is only for the heat and AC controls, rail pressure sensor, BOV, and boost gauge.

you will need to have your EGR turned off in your tune

 

[98COBRA281]

you will need to have your EGR turned off in your tune

why? i dont have a tune, but my egr is blocked off

 

[SaleenGT2001]

it SHOULD be throwing a code for insufficent EGR flow

 

[bhuff30]

The EGR actually helps gas mileage. It allows exhaust flow at light loads. The addition of exhaust gasses makes the mixture more knock resistant and allows for more spark timing, and of course reduces NOX emissions. I would agree, have the EGR turned off inside the computer if you are going to run without one.

 

[98COBRA281]

it SHOULD be throwing a code for insufficent EGR flow

IDK if it is.... i took out my CEL bulb cuase i got tired of looking at it because of my o/r h pipe

 

[SaleenGT2001]

IDK if it is.... i took out my CEL bulb cuase i got tired of looking at it because of my o/r h pipe

 

[98COBRA281]

its annoying as hell... a bright red light in your face at night, i throw my obd 2 on it once in a while to check everything

 

[FoxRod87]

I took the egr tube off and had it tuned for no egr and it doesn't get much worse mileage if any. But it gets rid of some of the clutter under the hood anyway.

 

[BobHyatt]

why? i dont have a tune, but my egr is blocked off

Then you should be seeing a CEL with the code "EGR flow insufficient"... computer can open the EGR and determine whether anything is flowing through it or not by both watching O2 reading as well as engine RPM change...

 

[rugster]

IDK if it is.... i took out my CEL bulb cuase i got tired of looking at it because of my o/r h pipe

uhhh wow

 

[flstang65]

IDK if it is.... i took out my CEL bulb cuase i got tired of looking at it because of my o/r h pipe

If you have a tuner you can turn off your CEL through that.

 

[Black_02_GT]

IDK if it is.... i took out my CEL bulb cuase i got tired of looking at it because of my o/r h pipe

very cheap/efficient way of removing a CEL heh. guess that's one way to solve a problem

 

[2000fordstanggt]

arent you running in an open loop all the time now then 98? aka dumping fuel

 

[98COBRA281]

arent you running in an open loop all the time now then 98? aka dumping fuel

huh? what do you mean... i have my o2's hooked up i just took the bulb out, that would not make it run rich....

 

[rugster]

If the cause of his CEL light is the O2 sensors then yes, he would be running an open loop and running rich.

 

[98COBRA281]

If the cause of his CEL light is the O2 sensors then yes, he would be running an open loop and running rich.

my cel is beacuse my rear o2's not my front ones, if im right, the rears only tell the computer if the cats are working properly