The Acura Legend & Acura RL Forum - View Single Post - Failed 'functional' Ca. emission test (EGR) ???

Sean L · 01-23-03, 03:40 PM

Hi Wally. Sure I remember you, you had that radio I was interested in....

I've been super busy with work, travel, etc. I finally bought a house in San Ramon (ouch, kinda pricey out here!). Things are good. My Legend is good, I bought a set of 16" TL wheels that I'm planning on installing soon. Or at least I thought my Legend was good until it failed the smog test this morning.

I just talked to a car buddy of mine (we built our supercharged Mustangs together) and he said basically what your post states, remove the EGR valve and clean the system.

I also just noticed that the Legend Maintenance schedule has 'Check EGR System' every 30K miles. That seemed a bit frequently until you just enlightened me.

I'm not the kind of guy to pay someone 3-4 hours labor for something like this, so I will pick up a new EGR valve gasket in the next day or so and take the valve off the manifold Sat. morning and begin the cleaning process.

I will also buy a hand operated vacuum pump and try to simulate the test before re-smogging. I'll post results after I'm done.

I was hoping to have the car smogged today and registered tomorrow so I could get the Florida license plate off the car in case the Raiders lose the Superbowl.... (Go Bucs!)

Thanks,

01-23-03, 03:40 PM	#3 (permalink)
Sean L Sr. Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Bay Area, CA Posts: 314 Car 1: '94 Cashmere LS Sedan iTrader: (0)	Hi Wally. Sure I remember you, you had that radio I was interested in.... I've been super busy with work, travel, etc. I finally bought a house in San Ramon (ouch, kinda pricey out here!). Things are good. My Legend is good, I bought a set of 16" TL wheels that I'm planning on installing soon. Or at least I thought my Legend was good until it failed the smog test this morning. I just talked to a car buddy of mine (we built our supercharged Mustangs together) and he said basically what your post states, remove the EGR valve and clean the system. I also just noticed that the Legend Maintenance schedule has 'Check EGR System' every 30K miles. That seemed a bit frequently until you just enlightened me. I'm not the kind of guy to pay someone 3-4 hours labor for something like this, so I will pick up a new EGR valve gasket in the next day or so and take the valve off the manifold Sat. morning and begin the cleaning process. I will also buy a hand operated vacuum pump and try to simulate the test before re-smogging. I'll post results after I'm done. I was hoping to have the car smogged today and registered tomorrow so I could get the Florida license plate off the car in case the Raiders lose the Superbowl.... (Go Bucs!) Thanks, __________________ Sean in Norcal '05 Infiniti G35 Coupe '94 Mustang Cobra '94 Legend LS Sedan (SOLD) '97 Lex LS400 Coach Edition http://www.mustangmods.com/data/4358/legendsig2.jpg Last edited by Sean L : 01-23-03 at 03:51 PM.