RaMRoD_mp3
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This is a pretty long story
I drive about 150 miles to my job, 3 times a week. One morning i filled up on shell 93. Im driving to work...about halfway there, my check engine light comes on, so obviously im like wtf cause its been running great since i got it and it only has 35000 miles on it. So i think nothing of it until i return home.
On the way home, i get off the exit to my house and notice my RPM is WAY below normal and at times, so low that the battery, oil light come on trying to stall :wtf:. Also, when i tried to accelerate after this happened, there was alot of hesitation. Maybe it was bad gas?
I get home, take a ride to autozone, and get a diagnostic done. It says "EGR valve insufficient". The guy at autozone said that if you take off the valve and give it a nice scrub down with some carb/brake cleaner, this should solve your problem.
So that following weekend, my buddy and I took off the EGR valve, cleaned it out, and put it back on. Still ran like s***, at this time i was pretty upset, just cause i dont have a warranty on my car anymore and im just hoping it isnt anything major.
I get home again, and call up another one of my buddies. He heads down to my house today to check it out for me (hes a mechanic). He recommends taking a look at the spark plugs, maybe not getting the spark u need. So we take out the plugs and notice that they were burnt to hell. The plugs were almost bright white. Also he checked the gap, and it was way off what its supposed to be (.050). The plugs were around .045, one was .046. Maybe this was the problem?
Take a ride to wal-mart, buy some new plugs, get back, gap them to the right measurements, and install. Still no go.
So this is where it leaves off...my car is running really rough, almost stalling at points.
What do u think? Its the EGR? Bad Gas? something else?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I drive about 150 miles to my job, 3 times a week. One morning i filled up on shell 93. Im driving to work...about halfway there, my check engine light comes on, so obviously im like wtf cause its been running great since i got it and it only has 35000 miles on it. So i think nothing of it until i return home.
On the way home, i get off the exit to my house and notice my RPM is WAY below normal and at times, so low that the battery, oil light come on trying to stall :wtf:. Also, when i tried to accelerate after this happened, there was alot of hesitation. Maybe it was bad gas?
I get home, take a ride to autozone, and get a diagnostic done. It says "EGR valve insufficient". The guy at autozone said that if you take off the valve and give it a nice scrub down with some carb/brake cleaner, this should solve your problem.
So that following weekend, my buddy and I took off the EGR valve, cleaned it out, and put it back on. Still ran like s***, at this time i was pretty upset, just cause i dont have a warranty on my car anymore and im just hoping it isnt anything major.
I get home again, and call up another one of my buddies. He heads down to my house today to check it out for me (hes a mechanic). He recommends taking a look at the spark plugs, maybe not getting the spark u need. So we take out the plugs and notice that they were burnt to hell. The plugs were almost bright white. Also he checked the gap, and it was way off what its supposed to be (.050). The plugs were around .045, one was .046. Maybe this was the problem?
Take a ride to wal-mart, buy some new plugs, get back, gap them to the right measurements, and install. Still no go.
So this is where it leaves off...my car is running really rough, almost stalling at points.
What do u think? Its the EGR? Bad Gas? something else?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
