91gen2runner

After inspecting my egr and vacumes I found the steel tubes over the engine were clogged from a bad egr. Got a new egr, so is it ok to bypass the steel tubes with rubber lines? Please let me know

projectX4runner

Yeah, im interested in hearing the answer for this too.

justin_4runner

one of my lines where clogged... i did bypass it with rubber hose and did just fine.

projectX4runner

Was your truck acting up before you fixed the line?

justin_4runner

yes i was having issues with it.. i ened up replacing 90% of my vacuum lines and thats when i found the issue, after that it gave me my power back and idled nice...

projectX4runner

Definitely gotta check out the lines on my truck. What kinda issues were you having with it when the line was clogged?

91gen2runner

Ive gone through e erything on my 3.slow, just got the new egr, will install and roiute new vacumes tommorow, justin you said 90 percent replaced, were they all bad or were you trouble shooting till you found the bad ones?

91gen2runner

Mine has lost power, and is non responsive when accelorater is pressed, especialy at idle and right after lond idles that fluctuate

justin_4runner

well it just had bad idle all over, no power when i would get on it, slow to respond, i replaced a lot of them just cause one end was bad or cracked so i replaced it, i did one at a time so i wouldnt lose where they went, i would go and take a pic but just pulled motor to replace my trans as i blew it this weekend.

Wrenchinjoe

Have you tried using compressed air to blow out the steel line?

If your EGR spat so much gunk that it clogged the steel line, I wonder what the inside of the intake plenum looks like?

You might consider pulling the EGR tube that goes into the plenum to see... if it is caked with carbon and sludge, you should clean that too. Getting rid of that gunk really helped my 3vze run more smoothly, during acceleration and at idle.