On the way home today I got a check engine light. With a bit of searching I figured out it was Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) Open Position Performance. Now I dont know really what that means or how I would go about fixing this or what to look for.

Its probably worth mentioning when I start my car, usually after it sits over night there will be a loud clicking noise, sounds like its coming from the Passenger side. I dont know if it has any thing to do with the EGR though.

Thanks for the Help

 

I ask some guys in service and this was there answer ?????????????


ill see if i can ask one of the senior advisors

 

In your signature you say you're a Kraftwerks Kit owner - is your car boosted? If so, sometimes error codes reflect something else that has gone wrong that is causing an associated symptom to trip the CEL.

 

yes he is boosted and i believe he is trying to figure out what exactly causes it to throw the EGR code so he can go from there

 

Yea I was trying to get more info on what would cause that code and what it meant. So far all I have done is reset the code and it has not come back up.

PS I have also figured out the culprit for the clicking

 

what was it??

valves, spark plugs???

 

I believe its the auto belt tensioner that came with the kit, I made a thread about it in the boosted section

 

Hi all!
I've just visited this forum. Happy to get acquainted with you. Thanks.

 

i honestly don't know the answer, but if i were to guess just based on the description, it sounds like something is blocking/obstructing the EGR valve/door/whatever. like something is hindering the system's performance when it is supposed to be recirculating the exhaust gases.

edit: maybe something to do with boost?

 

I have got the issue with the loud clicking and belt resolved. What had happened was the belt had worn down to almost half the thickness it was and had also stretched. Because of that it was slapping against its self and making the nasty noises I was hearing.

As for the EGR I still have not done any thing with it, the light comes on every once in a while usually when im cruising on the freeway at 2.5K -3K rpms. I just have been resetting the code. I did email Kraftwerks about the code and they said the SC would not have anything to do with it, though my cat-delete might be causing some of the problems.

 

well atleast you got rid of the annoying sound!!!

 

how did u fix the sound?