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Rough Idle, Check Engine Light, Wacky Tach, EGR Valve?

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Well, after many many years of not driving my Mustang and not visiting the forum, I'm back.

I have a 1991 2.3L Mustang LX. It has ~97K miles on it.

Recently I have noticed that my tach is going insane. While idling and/or driving it jumps all around: 500 -> 3000. There isn't a pattern, it just happens all the time.

I've also noticed that my Check Engine light is on a lot. I took it to Autozone and had them 'run the codes'. They said since I have a '91 that it the machine isn't as accurate, but they said they were pretty sure it had to do with my EGR.

So I searched around on the stangnet forums and read about people having sort-of-similar-but-not-the-same problems. People have said good things about blocking the EGR *or* cleaning it with carb. cleaner.

My question is -- Where the hell is the EGR? I've tried to find pictures or diagrams or anything to help indicate its location. I'm stumped. I'd like to try cleaning it to clear up my problem. So if anyone could give me a picture and/or instructions on where to find it, I'd appreciate it.

OR if anyone has any better ideas on what my problem could be (I'm not very confident in the autozone people) I'd appreciate advice.

Thanks for reading.

-Dustin
 

glowstang93

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You might want to try looking at the ICM and maybe even the coil packs. That was my problem with mine. Yours is a 91, so not sure what the differences might be for sure. Do a search on ICM and you should find a wealth of info.
 
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Your EGR valve is attached to your intake manifold near the throttle body. Easy way to find it: Look at your exhaust manifold. Right near your oxygen sensor (thingie with one wire coming out of it) there will be a smaller tube that is threaded in to the manifold. Follow that pipe around the back of the engine and up to your EGR valve. HOWEVER, I too would believe that it is your ignition control module that is at fault. A dirty EGR valve would cause the engine to stall at idle. A clogged EGR valve would cause excessive pinging. If it is simply your tach that is acting up, that would point to the module.
 
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