[klongen1]

I took my car in today for some maintenance, and I asked my mechanic to clean out my egr valve and intake explaining to him about the whole bhg issue these cars can run into. The mechanic claims he used to own a legend and the owner of the shop is the most honest guy I know in the business in the area. He assured me that whatever oil was clogged in the valve it would be flushed out by him simply flushing my intake with some throttle body cleaner. Is there a chance that egr valve could still be clogged up? I only have 92,000 miles on my legend as well.

 

[C27A1Legend'88]

The only real way to clean the EGR valve, egr pipe, and intake manifold is to take it apart. The intake manifold has to come off to clean the back egr ports on the intake mani. It is a lot of work, but is well worth it since it helps prevent a bhg. You will probably not have to clean it again if you do a thorough job cleaning it.

If you have a nice, low mileage legend, go for it.

 

[klongen1]

Ya I figured as much. Since I don't have the tools for the job I'll make him take it apart and when he sees all that build up I'll say "told ya". Thanks for advice.


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[L3GDKANG/JDMKANG]

Here you go.
http://www.acura-legend.com/vbulletin/f4/cause-g2-blown-head-gaskets-148458/

 

[klongen1]

Ya iv read that thread, it's quite helpful, I just don't have the right tools to do it myself. I was having wishful thinking, hoping that all that crud would get flushed out just from what my mechanic did today. Oh well. Gotta make sure I get it nice and clean.


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[L3GDKANG/JDMKANG]

No trust me it want. Throttles body cleaner if spraid on the throttle body will not reach the back of the intake. If it was that easy we wouldn't be going through all this.

 

[klongen1]

Good point.


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[fruitwerks]

Your mechanic may be awesome, but he needs to be schooled on the EGR. As mentioned, there is no way any chemical or gunk-away product will safely do this.

It is a tedious process and if it was anything like mine, you will need a lot of patience, elbow grease and hardcore cleaning solutions. There is a good page on cleaning it that is easy to find, with pics and everything.

You can do it yourself or show him the links and see if he is up for it. I would recommend this procedure for everyone with a C32 engine.

 

[wesdog357]

So how did your intake look after he pulled it?

 

[LarryWa]

I hope this is the right place for this. I recently changed the battery on my '94 Legend Coupe, and now it won't idle. It just slows down and stops. Restarts right away, but won't idle. From checking around, I understand the computer needs to be reset to learn the idle characteristics and the only way to do that is to clean the egr valve out and clean the throttle body with spray cleaner. Is this a DIY kind of job, or...? I have some tools, and I know RTLL, but I don't want to get half-way into it and discover I should have just taken it to the shop. I watched a Youtube vid where a guy poked a hole in the plastic intake, stuck the cleaner nozzle tube in there and shot the whole can in while the engine was running with a clip on the throttle cable to hold it at fast idle, but the car was not an Acura. It was a Honda, I think. What's the 411 on this? The check engine light has been on for a while, and I just assumed it was the O2 sensor. It passed the CA smog check.