Computer Codes

Yes, your computer very likely has codes stored. Take a paper clip and jump the upper right terminal on your large diagnostic connector (upper right as you're looking at the end of the connector) with the single terminal on the small diagnostic connector. Then turn the key to the "on" position (don't start engine). Wait a few seconds and the check engine light will begin flashing out your codes.

It will flash all Key-On-Engine-Off codes first (these result from instantaneous diagnostic checks that the computer does when you initiate the test), then it will repeat them. Then there will be a long pause, single flash, and another long pause. Then it will flash out the Keep Alive Memory codes (error codes it has stored while you were driving), and repeat them. That's it.

Count the flashes and write them down as they come out. A code of 11 means all is well. Anything else is an error code that you can look up online or in your Haynes manual.

what was the actual code??

sounds like the EGR Position sensor on top of the EGR valve, but i could be the EGR Valve, bad vacuum swt, or electrical (ie. bad ground)