I had rough idle a while back so cleaned my EGR (it was sticky) and that fixed it temporarily. Now the rough idle is back, so I'm just going to replacce it.
I went to the parts dept. at the Mazda dealer to buy a new one and he said that there's now a "recall" on the 2001-03 Protege EGR valves.
So, I went to service and the guy claimed to know nothing. He said to book an appointment and the mechanic will look at it, but if it's not the EGR or there's not a "recall", then I'll have to pay $100 for the diagnostic.
I'm pretty sure it's the EGR, but I have no idea if this "recall" is real. So, I could just buy the valve for $200 and install myself and be done with it, but if there is a "recall" and I can get it for free, I'd obviously want to do that... can anyone verify that a free fix is possible???
Also, I'm worried that I'll go in there and they'll claim something additional or different is wrong so I'll have to pay anyway, or pay for stuff I don't need... maybe I'm paranoid. Any tips appreciated.
Lance
I went to the parts dept. at the Mazda dealer to buy a new one and he said that there's now a "recall" on the 2001-03 Protege EGR valves.
So, I went to service and the guy claimed to know nothing. He said to book an appointment and the mechanic will look at it, but if it's not the EGR or there's not a "recall", then I'll have to pay $100 for the diagnostic.
I'm pretty sure it's the EGR, but I have no idea if this "recall" is real. So, I could just buy the valve for $200 and install myself and be done with it, but if there is a "recall" and I can get it for free, I'd obviously want to do that... can anyone verify that a free fix is possible???
Also, I'm worried that I'll go in there and they'll claim something additional or different is wrong so I'll have to pay anyway, or pay for stuff I don't need... maybe I'm paranoid. Any tips appreciated.
Lance