A fouled EGR valve will diminish the performance of your Ford Explorer. The EGR valve is an integral a part of how your emissions systems works. If you have modified your oxygen sensor and are nonetheless not getting the mileage and power out of your engine that you are used to, likelihood is your EGR valve also needs to be replaced. Some Fords have “trouble codes” that may specifically let you know that the valve must be replaced. All Ford fashions ought to have their EGR valves changed on the identical maintenance schedule specified because the oxygen sensor (about every 12,000 miles). The process to put in a Ford EGR valve is simple and can take you a few half hour to remove the previous and install the new.
EGR Valve Installation Instructions
1. Park your Ford on a stage space and engage the parking brake. Open the hood and disconnect the negative battery cable, pull it away from the battery so if it moves it will not connect to the battery.
2. Take away the vacuum hose from the EGR valve. Consult your owner’s handbook for the precise location of the valve but typically it is going to be on one of the sides of the engine block popping out from the consumption manifold. The vacuum hose will pull off the EGR valve.
3. In case your engine is a 4.6L, remove the nut and brake booster bracket that the valve passes through. On the 5.4L Ford engine, take away the nuts holding the DPFE Sensor together with your socket wrench and pull the sensor to 1 side. It is best to be capable to see the EGR valve clearly, it is going to appear like a short piece of laborious plastic tubing will a silver “dish” on top.
4. Pull the tube connecting the highest of the EGR valve to the exhaust manifold off.
5. Take away the EGR valve mounting bolts with your socket wrench and pull the valve from the intake manifold.
6. Utilizing a thin metal paint scraper, make certain the previous gasket that sat between the EGR valve and the consumption manifold is totally removed.
7. Lay the brand new EGR valve gasket into place and insert the new valve into the intake manifold. Re-install the EGR valve mounting bolts and hand tighten. Now, re-join the tubes and hoses that you just removed and exchange the brake booster (if crucial). Reconnect the adverse battery cable and shut the hood.
