Why on Earth would you pay someone $1000 to replace an EGR valve?? My God.
I had one go bad on my previous car, a Chevy Caprice. The part was $50 and
it took me less than ten minutes to install.
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On 1/12/17, 7:51 PM, "olympus on behalf of Chris Trask"
<olympus-bounces+chris=chriscrawfordphoto.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf
of christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Well, it finally happened. Something here broke and I couldn't fix
>it. My 2000 Toyota pickup did not pass emissions, and I was not
>surprised. I've had an intermittent "check engine" light for the past
>year and a half, but when I go to look it's still there. I had the
>problem checked and I knew it was one of the two oxygen sensors, but it
>wasn't burning oil and the fuel economy actually improved.
>
> But, not passing emissions is a serious matter, so I took it to a
>nearby Toyota dealership. They found that the EGR valve had failed in
>the closed position, so the exhaust was not being recirculated to the
>intake. That explains why my fuel economy had improved and why the spark
>plugs were clean. Replacing the EGR valve and a couple of associated
>parts that had also failed is going to cost me around $1,000. Not bad,
>considering that it's 17 years old (almost to the day), has 209,000
>miles, not burning any oil, and has never had any work done on it other
>than me doing the oil changes and tuneups and having a shop do the
>chassis lube, front bearing repack, and brakes.
>
> It's actually a pretty good testimony to the overall quality of the
>Toyota product of that time. It's no wonder that I'm occasionally asked
>if I would sell it.
>
>
>Chris
>
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> - Hunter S. Thompson
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