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Post a copy of the failed smog reports & shoot me your CC# & we'll tell ya exactly what the prob is. Probably fix it in the process. Remember, friends are friends, but friends that own smog machines are PRICELESS!
__________________ Marc Freire
Rocklin Automotive, Goodyear 6800 Five Star Blvd Rocklin, Ca 95677
916-315-0335 www.rocklinautomotive.com
Wow! I don't have ASE and definitely not a Master Tech. Still working on it. Maybe 10 more years. I'm a slow learner. I only have the equivalent and I am just a backyard mechanic so can't really help you there. Maybe you should do what Porky said. Read the EGR lowdown. That should help you diagnos it. That's what I would have said. I read it too and I just . Seriously, read the EGR lowdown. 99% of the repair is already there. Hmm, I'll keep that last 1% in my sleeves.
__________________ Street & Track Performance
Bennie Cabacungan
Elk Grove, California
lol I forgot I have the GM service manual for this car, and there is a nice section dedicated to each SES code. I brought home a vacuum gauge and pump and I will be trouble shooting that egr system tomorrow.
After I read that guide, it pretty much summed up everything I could know and try, now onto the egr vacuum solenoid.. ill let you guys know tomorrow.
__________________ SuperStreet in the making...
SBC, Forged internals, 215cc aluminum heads, 90mm TB, .600+ lift cam, Long tube headers, 3.5" exhaust. 9" Procharger. Powered by megasquirt 2
i heard one about like that, you put a tissue paper next to the tailpipe, and if it sucks it in, you have a bad valve.
disclaimer, i have no tests that validate this , they all seem to suck paper up the tailpipe as it pulses..
I just went out and replaced my egr, as i was guessing it was bad. yep it was.
travisz, your egr should not let the vacuum leak right bak down. mine did on a vacuum pump i got. like a brake bleeder type.
and it didnt move up and down, just leaked down. (bad diaprham inside).
then i took it out, pushed it in, and put my finger over the pinhole in the vacuum port on the egr, it went down fast after being pressed in by hand, no difference if hole plugged or not.
new egr, push up diaphram, and put finger over hole, it holds it in place...
now will see if it passes smog. figure it will. and no more code 32s
Last edited by turbosbox; 10-18-2009 at 08:41 PM.
Reason: edit fixed?
ah i c, thanks, i read the it leaked down part and thought it was the solenoid/valve like mine. but i think maybe i have another vac leak i'll have to find, as my interior vent thing doesn't switch anymore.