Chris,
You read my mind. At my rather advanced age, I no longer have the tools, or
the inclination to do this sort of stuff myself, but It can't be that hard
to replace. If I need that work now, I take it to a trusted independent
mechanic that doesn't cheat me like the local dealer, who is of questionable
morals.
Bill
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From: Christopher Crawford
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2017 8:05 PM
To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Car Repairs
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
When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro
- Hunter S. Thompson
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