Not the usual 5.8 EGR delete thread
03-29-2013, 10:02 AM
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I don't think it's blocked off right, might still be getting air past. Remove the EGR and make a flat piece of metal to fit between it and the intake. Keep the vacuums hooked up so the valve functions which makes the computer think it's working. I would fix it right though. Also check for codes.
11-11-2019, 12:01 AM
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I am currently deployed to Afghanistan. While I'm out here I don't have much downtime,but when I do I am lurking boards.
I bought my 1995 Flareside 5.8 auto from another member here with 97,000 miles after my first deployment in 2011. Just before I took ownership he had to replace the passenger side exhaust gasket. In the process, the EGR tube was broken.
I should back up and say that the EGR vac line had been plugged with a golf tee for years at this point. The PO said that no matter how many times he replaced it, when the EGR was hooked up there would be a surging on acceleration from a dead stop.
They blocked off the EGR and hooked it back up. The surging returned. The PO plugged the line back up and that is how it sits in my garage. I looked at the RJM EGR Eliminator (can't find any posts where someone has used this on a 5.8). I know the PO attempted several times to repair/replace the EGR system but the surging always returned. He managed 19/21mpg highway without it hooked up. I'm getting tired of looking at the CEL and would like to solve this once and for all. Has anyone experienced this surging? Or has anyone has success with the eliminator kit on a 5.8L engine?
Thanks in advance folks.
I bought my 1995 Flareside 5.8 auto from another member here with 97,000 miles after my first deployment in 2011. Just before I took ownership he had to replace the passenger side exhaust gasket. In the process, the EGR tube was broken.
I should back up and say that the EGR vac line had been plugged with a golf tee for years at this point. The PO said that no matter how many times he replaced it, when the EGR was hooked up there would be a surging on acceleration from a dead stop.
They blocked off the EGR and hooked it back up. The surging returned. The PO plugged the line back up and that is how it sits in my garage. I looked at the RJM EGR Eliminator (can't find any posts where someone has used this on a 5.8). I know the PO attempted several times to repair/replace the EGR system but the surging always returned. He managed 19/21mpg highway without it hooked up. I'm getting tired of looking at the CEL and would like to solve this once and for all. Has anyone experienced this surging? Or has anyone has success with the eliminator kit on a 5.8L engine?
Thanks in advance folks.