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Accord, 1998, 4 cyl. EGR valve
My car is an 1998, Accord, Sedan, EX, 4 cylinder with a mileage of
151,000. I took it in for 150,000 mile service @ Auburn Honda. When they asked if I was having a problems, I said, that when I accelerate with the pedal about one quarter on the way down to full throttle it will start to hesitate. Sometimes it could do it when you start-up and then for a while it won't do it. I have had a dropped in MPG too. I brought the vehicle in a on Saturday, 3/11/06. The service writer told me that he thought it was a clogged EGR valve with carbon build-up, but it was getting close to the Service Dept. closing for the day, and I would have to bring in back on next week to look at it further. I brought in back today, (3/18/06), to a different service writer & I told him the story written above. He had a mechanic look at it, and he said the is no wrong with my EGR valve. The service writer said he would talk to the service writer who took me in on the 3/11/06 and get back to me. I said what is the EGR valve going to cost me if I had to replace it. He told me, it would about $300. I now of a supposedlying a recall on 1998 V6 Accord for a EGR valve, but I don't know if the is the same recall of a 4 cylinder? What do you think? |
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In article > , jim beam
> wrote: > Jason wrote: > > In article . com>, > > wrote: > > > > > >>My car is an 1998, Accord, Sedan, EX, 4 cylinder with a mileage of > >>151,000. I took it in for 150,000 mile service @ Auburn Honda. When > >>they asked if I was having a problems, I said, that when I accelerate > >>with the pedal about one quarter on the way down to full throttle it > >>will start to hesitate. Sometimes it could do it when you start-up and > >>then for a while it won't do it. I have had a dropped in MPG too. > >> > >>I brought the vehicle in a on Saturday, 3/11/06. The service writer > >>told me that he thought it was a clogged EGR valve with carbon > >>build-up, but it was getting close to the Service Dept. closing for the > >>day, and I would have to bring in back on next week to look at it > >>further. > >> > >>I brought in back today, (3/18/06), to a different service writer & I > >>told him the story written above. He had a mechanic look at it, and he > >>said the is no wrong with my EGR valve. The service writer said he > >>would talk to the service writer who took me in on the 3/11/06 and get > >>back to me. > >> > >>I said what is the EGR valve going to cost me if I had to replace it. > >>He told me, it would about $300. > >> > >>I now of a supposedlying a recall on 1998 V6 Accord for a EGR valve, > >>but I don't know if the is the same recall of a 4 cylinder? > >> > >>What do you think? > > > > > > > > Please clarify this point--You stated that a Honda mechanic examined the > > EGR valve and determined that there was nothing wrong with it. Did the > > service writer examine and test the EGR valve? If not, it means the > > service writer was just guessing. I advise you to buy a can of injector > > cleaner and add it to a full tank of gasoline. After the tank is near the > > empty mark, determine if the problem is solved. If it's not solved, take > > it back to the service department and have them determine the source of > > the problem. A mechanic should be able to figure it out. > > > jason, with respect, you regularly make statements to the effect that "A > mechanic should be able to figure it out". that's not usually what a > poster wants to hear having taken the trouble to seek out this forum, so > please consider the following: > > 1. the person posting the question has already taken it to the dealer > and is not getting answers. > 2. this forum is the place to get questions answered through shared > experience. and a lot of us have a lot of experience. > 3. if the poster is unfortunate enough to have taken it to a mechanic > already, and that mechanic doesn't know what they're doing, [and let's > be realistic, a lot don't], your advice may lead to an entirely false > assumption about the car. > > when someone posts something like "run injector cleaner through it", > that's useful advice that may solve a hesitation problem. "A mechanic > should be able to figure it out" is, for the reasons cited above, not. > the best thing is that they have as much information as possible so they > can make a better informed decision. Good points. Please note that I did give the poster some advice. As you know, there are several causes for the problem that he mentioned. Some people in this newsgroup may tell him to replace various parts in an effort to solve the problem but I would never do anything like that. -- NEWSGROUP SUBSCRIBERS MOTTO We respect those subscribers that ask for advice or provide advice. We do NOT respect the subscribers that enjoy criticizing people. |
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