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#1 (**permalink**) 11 Jan 2006, 06:21 pm

Car: 2000 Accord LX v6, 72K miles

Light came on upon cold start one day. Went out after 3-4 days and then
came on again 3-4 weeks later (again on a cold start).

OBD2 code scan reveals P1491 ... EGR valve problem. Is this a known
problem? What will the local honda dealer/pirate charge me? Thanks for
any info.

#2 (**permalink**) 11 Jan 2006, 07:30 pm

Call your dealer. Honda extended the warranty to 80k on some models.Either
the valve is bad or the ports are carboned up.

<krishna.ratakonda@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1137021662.298579.134290@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com...
> Car: 2000 Accord LX v6, 72K miles
>
> Light came on upon cold start one day. Went out after 3-4 days and then
> came on again 3-4 weeks later (again on a cold start).
>
> OBD2 code scan reveals P1491 ... EGR valve problem. Is this a known
> problem? What will the local honda dealer/pirate charge me? Thanks for
> any info.
>

#3 (**permalink**) 11 Jan 2006, 08:24 pm

krishna.ratakonda@gmail.com wrote in
news:1137021662.298579.134290@g14g2000cwa.googlegr oups.com:

> Car: 2000 Accord LX v6, 72K miles
>
> Light came on upon cold start one day. Went out after 3-4 days and then
> came on again 3-4 weeks later (again on a cold start).
>
> OBD2 code scan reveals P1491 ... EGR valve problem. Is this a known
> problem? What will the local honda dealer/pirate charge me? Thanks for
> any info.
>

P1491 Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Valve Insufficient Lift

Probably carboned up. You might want to see if this applies to you:
http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/tsb/accord/A99-085.pdf

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#4 (**permalink**) 11 Jan 2006, 11:28 pm

krishna.ratakonda@gmail.com wrote:

> Car: 2000 Accord LX v6, 72K miles
>
> Light came on upon cold start one day. Went out after 3-4 days and then
> came on again 3-4 weeks later (again on a cold start).
>
> OBD2 code scan reveals P1491 ... EGR valve problem. Is this a known
> problem? What will the local honda dealer/pirate charge me? Thanks for
> any info.

I believe that Honda extended the warranty on the EGR to 8 years or 80,000
miles on V6 Accords of that era. So take it to a dealer as your car's EGR
is still within the warranty period.

#5 (**permalink**) 12 Jan 2006, 02:57 pm

Thanks TeGGeR and others. That seems to apply to me atleast in theory
since I have the correct DTC (P1491) and I am still within extended
warranty limits. I made an appointment with the Honda dealer and will
see how it goes.

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