EGR valve replacement 1997 Ford E350 V-10
I've had my "check engine" light come on twice now, the code indicates a bad EGR valve. Each time I had the code cleared, and drove it for a while (100-250 miles) before the light came back on. It st...
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The time it takes to clear varies. On some vehicles You have to put miles and miles on the vehicle for the computer to clear after replacing an EGR and or O2 sensor.
I drove 3,000 miles back to home state to get my vehicles emissions tests to get my plates, only to find that they needed egr and o2 sensors replaced to pass. Took to mechanic and had new ones installed.
Trip back scheduled for one only 1 week. Took it back to emissions and they both failed again.
The state emissions guy said that taking it back and forth to work for a couple of weeks would clear the computer.:S
Duh, I am parked in a CG and don't 'have' a job to drive to!
The Chevy Tahoe took a week of driving before the computer cleared.
My Toad a Chevy Tracker? Week of driving it and it still would not pass. Mechanic said he sees a lot of cars that take a lot more miles to clear the computer. I was not the lone ranger.
The replacements were done properly. It's the vehicles computer that needs to clear. And just turning the light off doesn't work it will come back on.
Here is what I did to resolve the situation with the toad so I could get back to Florida before the snow started to fly .
I filled the Toad up with gas and told the repair shop owner to give it to one of his mechanic to drive back and forth to work and I would pay for the gas. It took 'another' full week of him driving it every day long miles for it to clear and pass emissions and for the light to stay off. :R
Sooo, if you don't need to pass emissions to get plates, I'd just go on your trip and the computer will clear after you put enough miles on it and the light will stay off.
BTW: If you show dogs there is 'always' an RV mobile guy on the grounds. IMHO better than any mechanic in a repair shop. I have ALL my work done on the MH while I am at the dog shows.
I drove 3,000 miles back to home state to get my vehicles emissions tests to get my plates, only to find that they needed egr and o2 sensors replaced to pass. Took to mechanic and had new ones installed.
Trip back scheduled for one only 1 week. Took it back to emissions and they both failed again.
The state emissions guy said that taking it back and forth to work for a couple of weeks would clear the computer.:S
Duh, I am parked in a CG and don't 'have' a job to drive to!
The Chevy Tahoe took a week of driving before the computer cleared.
My Toad a Chevy Tracker? Week of driving it and it still would not pass. Mechanic said he sees a lot of cars that take a lot more miles to clear the computer. I was not the lone ranger.
The replacements were done properly. It's the vehicles computer that needs to clear. And just turning the light off doesn't work it will come back on.
Here is what I did to resolve the situation with the toad so I could get back to Florida before the snow started to fly .
I filled the Toad up with gas and told the repair shop owner to give it to one of his mechanic to drive back and forth to work and I would pay for the gas. It took 'another' full week of him driving it every day long miles for it to clear and pass emissions and for the light to stay off. :R
Sooo, if you don't need to pass emissions to get plates, I'd just go on your trip and the computer will clear after you put enough miles on it and the light will stay off.
BTW: If you show dogs there is 'always' an RV mobile guy on the grounds. IMHO better than any mechanic in a repair shop. I have ALL my work done on the MH while I am at the dog shows.
