Honda Car Forum

I bought a 1998 Honda Accord LX the other day and knew prior to the purchase
that the check engine light was on. The previous owner told me it needed an
EGR valve and possible EGR port cleaning. I had to drive the car 300 miles
back to my home so I filled it with premium and fuel system cleaner. When I
returned home I reset the Check Engine light. I have driven the car about 75
miles since and the light has not come back on. Is it possible that the
better gas has cleaned the EGR enough to fix this problem even if only
temporary? Has anyone else been able to reset the light and it not come
back? Any info would be a ppreciated. The car drives fine and doesn't
exhibit any symptoms of a bad EGR.

It may have just been a simple problem as not tightening the gas cap
properly.

The error code was bad EGR flow when I had the code read. Can that be caused
by a loose gas cap?

"Tush Smells Bush Kills!!!!!!!!!!!" <rsfccarbomb@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> It may have just been a simple problem as not tightening the gas cap
> properly.
>

"Bugsy" <not@not.com> wrote in message
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> The error code was bad EGR flow when I had the code read. Can that be
> caused by a loose gas cap?
>
> "Tush Smells Bush Kills!!!!!!!!!!!" <rsfccarbomb@yahoo.com> wrote in
> message news:1130786284.752725.171900@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>> It may have just been a simple problem as not tightening the gas cap
>> properly.
>>
>
>
No - loose caps set an "evap" code.

Mike

Yeah well after trick o treating the damn ck engine light is back. Is
cleaning EGR ports and replacing the valve an easy do it yourself job?
"Michael Pardee" <michaeltnull@cybertrails.com> wrote in message
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> "Bugsy" <not@not.com> wrote in message
> news:Iox9f.113817$tD4.36157@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com ...
>> The error code was bad EGR flow when I had the code read. Can that be
>> caused by a loose gas cap?
>>
>> "Tush Smells Bush Kills!!!!!!!!!!!" <rsfccarbomb@yahoo.com> wrote in
>> message news:1130786284.752725.171900@g47g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
>>> It may have just been a simple problem as not tightening the gas cap
>>> properly.
>>>
>>
>>
> No - loose caps set an "evap" code.
>
> Mike
>

"Bugsy" <not@not.com> wrote in message
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> Yeah well after trick o treating the damn ck engine light is back. Is
> cleaning EGR ports and replacing the valve an easy do it yourself job?

Dunno - never had the displeasure. There have been a couple recent threads
about it EGR cleaning and repair, though.

Mike

Michael Pardee wrote:
> "Bugsy" <not@not.com> wrote in message
> news:QYz9f.116241$tD4.82957@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com ...
>
>>Yeah well after trick o treating the damn ck engine light is back. Is
>>cleaning EGR ports and replacing the valve an easy do it yourself job?
>
>
> Dunno - never had the displeasure. There have been a couple recent threads
> about it EGR cleaning and repair, though.
>
> Mike
>
>
tegger has a pdf on how to do it. or google this group for the link.

The PDF I saw didnt make it look like an easy job. You guys reccomend a
dealer?
"jim beam" <nospam@example.net> wrote in message
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> Michael Pardee wrote:
>> "Bugsy" <not@not.com> wrote in message
>> news:QYz9f.116241$tD4.82957@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com ...
>>
>>>Yeah well after trick o treating the damn ck engine light is back. Is
>>>cleaning EGR ports and replacing the valve an easy do it yourself job?
>>
>>
>> Dunno - never had the displeasure. There have been a couple recent
>> threads about it EGR cleaning and repair, though.
>>
>> Mike
> tegger has a pdf on how to do it. or google this group for the link.
>