so my car runs perfectly fine,but the check engine light has been on for a while,and the code that it shoots out is the egr valve...Should i be worried about this?what type of problems am i looking at?is it expensive?what can i do?and could i do it myself?

 

what exactly is the code # that you are getting. I would say start with trying to clean out the egr valve. Sometimes they get stuck and will throw a code. Also it could have to do with just a bad vaccuum line

 

Did you block off the egr valve? And what is the dtc its giving you?

 

i dont remeber the code,but it did sat egr valve,i would have to do the test again to let you know exactly.but what can happen if that egr valve is messed up,and the vacuum lines should i just re do them all?anyone know where i can find some good vacuum lines?

 

I honestly don't know. Hada couple customers go for about year(s) with a bad EGR did replace the part untill they failed there yearlyemissions inspection. I would take it to a shop and have them test your EGR instead of just replacing vaccum lines. If they are just regular rubber hoses then just go to your local auto parts store I think Home Depot and Lowes also sells rubber hoses.

 

Its pretty easy to test the egr valve,

1. buy a vacuum pump
2. hook it up to the egr and apply vacuum
3. its should sound like it wants to die out/stall then thge egr valve is good. If nothing happnes the egr is bad.