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Old Jul 12, 2001 | 05:45 PM
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egr question

how can you tell when your egr has gone bad?. i have an 89rs with a tbi/305. [thanks]
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Old Jul 12, 2001 | 06:58 PM
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one way is you fail emmisions
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Old Jul 12, 2001 | 07:29 PM
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Vacuum test it.

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Old Jul 12, 2001 | 07:52 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Red Devil:
Vacuum test it.

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not all EGRs are able to be vacuum tested

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Old Jul 12, 2001 | 07:53 PM
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here's an article on how to change your EGR that I wrote: http://www.iroc-z.org/tech/engine/EGR/

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Old Jul 12, 2001 | 07:58 PM
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<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by ColinOpseth:
not all EGRs are able to be vacuum tested

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It's an '89.

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Old Jul 13, 2001 | 04:45 AM
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you won't know the style of EGR until you check the numbers on the top and see what it is..

a number of different EGRs were used in each year, that's the only way to know for sure..
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