check engine light / EGR system
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check engine light / EGR system
Hi guys,
I'm trying to resolve a check engine light.. EGR system (code 71). It turned on after we replaced the valve cover gaskets but I inspected all the vacuum hoses and I *think* they are good. I brought it somewhere cuz I had sort of given up on the issue and they said the "EGR solenoid" was bad. I'm having trouble figuring out what this part is where it is.. checked the FSM and called some part stores. I thought it was going to be easy to replace this part, but I'm not sure what I should do. I looked at some youtube videos and googled around code 71 and people generally have clogged tubes and performance issues, but I don't notice and performance issue.. engine seems to run fine.. So what should I check / do in what order? I don't have a vacuum gauge.. do I need one?
Thanks in advance!
Oops I think I put this in the wrong area.. I have a 95 4runner 3.0
I'm trying to resolve a check engine light.. EGR system (code 71). It turned on after we replaced the valve cover gaskets but I inspected all the vacuum hoses and I *think* they are good. I brought it somewhere cuz I had sort of given up on the issue and they said the "EGR solenoid" was bad. I'm having trouble figuring out what this part is where it is.. checked the FSM and called some part stores. I thought it was going to be easy to replace this part, but I'm not sure what I should do. I looked at some youtube videos and googled around code 71 and people generally have clogged tubes and performance issues, but I don't notice and performance issue.. engine seems to run fine.. So what should I check / do in what order? I don't have a vacuum gauge.. do I need one?
Thanks in advance!
Oops I think I put this in the wrong area.. I have a 95 4runner 3.0
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Hi guys,
I'm trying to resolve a check engine light.. EGR system (code 71). It turned on after we replaced the valve cover gaskets but I inspected all the vacuum hoses and I *think* they are good. I brought it somewhere cuz I had sort of given up on the issue and they said the "EGR solenoid" was bad. I'm having trouble figuring out what this part is where it is.. checked the FSM and called some part stores. I thought it was going to be easy to replace this part, but I'm not sure what I should do. I looked at some youtube videos and googled around code 71 and people generally have clogged tubes and performance issues, but I don't notice and performance issue.. engine seems to run fine.. So what should I check / do in what order? I don't have a vacuum gauge.. do I need one?
Thanks in advance!
Oops I think I put this in the wrong area.. I have a 95 4runner 3.0
I'm trying to resolve a check engine light.. EGR system (code 71). It turned on after we replaced the valve cover gaskets but I inspected all the vacuum hoses and I *think* they are good. I brought it somewhere cuz I had sort of given up on the issue and they said the "EGR solenoid" was bad. I'm having trouble figuring out what this part is where it is.. checked the FSM and called some part stores. I thought it was going to be easy to replace this part, but I'm not sure what I should do. I looked at some youtube videos and googled around code 71 and people generally have clogged tubes and performance issues, but I don't notice and performance issue.. engine seems to run fine.. So what should I check / do in what order? I don't have a vacuum gauge.. do I need one?
Thanks in advance!
Oops I think I put this in the wrong area.. I have a 95 4runner 3.0
Last edited by Colington; 10-13-2015 at 05:50 PM.
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1. What does code 71 MEAN? Yeah, it's got something to do with the EGR system, but what? http://web.archive.org/web/201211190...85diagnosi.pdf (This page gives you the diagnosis steps.)
2. For Colington, the TVV on a 3VZE is for the Evap canister. Nothing to do with EGR (if you had a 22re it would be different). VSV is Vacuum Switching Valve, because, well, that's obvious. But you are correct; there is no "EGR Solenoid." The VSV IS a solenoid of sorts. There IS an EGR Modulator. Failure in either can cause code 71.
Too bad odoyle didn't write down what the mechanic told him . (Or, too bad he didn't go to a better mechanic. I can't say which.)
3. Here's the manual page for the EGR. http://web.archive.org/web/201003261...77exhaustg.pdf Work through the tests.
Good luck!
2. For Colington, the TVV on a 3VZE is for the Evap canister. Nothing to do with EGR (if you had a 22re it would be different). VSV is Vacuum Switching Valve, because, well, that's obvious. But you are correct; there is no "EGR Solenoid." The VSV IS a solenoid of sorts. There IS an EGR Modulator. Failure in either can cause code 71.
Too bad odoyle didn't write down what the mechanic told him . (Or, too bad he didn't go to a better mechanic. I can't say which.)
3. Here's the manual page for the EGR. http://web.archive.org/web/201003261...77exhaustg.pdf Work through the tests.
Good luck!
Last edited by scope103; 10-12-2015 at 07:01 PM.
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