Whats thernd spaceship thing bolted on the side twards the rear of intake?

[SHO SPD]

I dont know how to explain, but theres like a 3" round saucer thing bolted to the itake on the side twards the rear driver side, and theres another silver bracket olted to the outside of that.. what is this unit,and what does it do? could this be why my car wont stay runngin?

 

[naval-avi8or]

Thats the EGR valve. The rectangular box I described in your other post.

 

[93nighthawk]

And if it is malfunctioning, yes it would cause your car to run poorly.

Eric

 

[Denny]

And I told you Matt, that thing made my 3.8 run like crap too! If you do end up replacing it, make sure it's been awhile since the car has been on, it can be a hot ************!

 

[Sho-N-Go]

Anyone ever pull codes or are we just replacing parts? it ran before right?

 

[naval-avi8or]

you can test the valve to see if it will open/or if it may be staying open by using a vacuum pump to open the vale with car running it will run worso if yours has a potential to do so. If you take the valve off you can poor some gasoline in the inlet side and if it runs out the outlet it leaks and needs replaced. Whatever you do don't by the pressure sensor until you check the code and then check the nostrils, test the egr valve. You may also want to unhook the EGR vacuum pressure regulator to see if it is stuck and commanding the EGR valve to remain open.

But as I and others have eluded don't chase your problem by buying parts. I did it and I've got the spare used parts to show.

 

[Rob94]

Denny:
And I told you Matt, that thing made my 3.8 run like crap too! If you do end up replacing it, make sure it's been awhile since the car has been on, it can be a hot ************!

Wanna watch the language please...thank you