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?


"Bugsy" > wrote in message
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> It's the L4. Drove it another 70 miles today...still no light. I had the
> code read before I reset it and the error was poor EGR flow or something
> like that.
>
>
> "Paul" > wrote in message
> nk.net...
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>> "Bugsy" > wrote in message
>> . ..
>> : 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.
>> :
>> Seems doubtful, but it's possible. I had a CEL problem with my 2001
>> Odyssey
>> last year. Several bottles of fuel system cleaner didn't help. It turned
>> out
>> to be the EGR valve (known issue with the V6). My dealer replaced the
>> valve
>> at no charge to me and that took care of the problem.
>>
>> Is your Accord a 4 or a V6? If it's a V6, it might be covered by the
>> Honda
>> recall or TSB or whatever that applies to the EGR valve. Worth looking
>> into.
>>
>> Paul
>>
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