NEED HELP HONDA ACCORD EGR PASSAGE CLEANING

[mike]

OK I HAVE A 1999 ACCORD 4 CLY I TOOK EVERYTHING APART TO CLEAN THE EGR VALVE AND PASSAGE I THINK EVERY THING WENT WELL AS FAR AS THE CLEAN I GOT RID OF ALL THE GUNK AND GOT EVERYTHING PUT BACK TOGETHER AND STARTED THE CAR TO SEE IT RUNNING REALLY RUFF AND WHITE SMOKE EVERY WHERE LIKE WATER OR SOMETHING DRIPPING FROM DOWN PIPE SO I LET IT RUN FOR A MINUTE TO SEE IF IT WOULD CLEAR UP BUT NOTHING I HIT THE GAS AND IT STALLED HELP PLEASE CAR RUNNING FINE BEFORE I DID THIS JOB

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[college man]

did you use carb spray to spray things out?
If you did.The carb spray has to burn off.
just let it idle until it clears.

[mike]

my car is messed up after egr clean was running fine now runs like shit and it wont go over 10 mph i need help its a 4 cly 5 speed smoking so bad that i can keep it running didnt use too much carb cleaner cuz i was scared something would mess up thanks

[Daniel]

I have a few questions; 1. what did you use to clean it, 2. what parts did you clean exactly, 3. what prompted you to clean the egr, 4.what exactly did you mean by,”WHITE SMOKE EVERY WHERE LIKE WATER OR SOMETHING DRIPPING FROM DOWN PIPE.” Is the smoke coming from the exhaust pipe or the engine compartment, 5. how many miles are on that engine?

[mike]

i used carb cleaner , cleaned the port / passage way and a little bit on top of the intake car wag surging and acting funny and had the code white smoke from both areas and it 190000 miles thanks

[Daniel]

Please do not start a second thread about the same subject. All it will do is confuse the method of trouble shooting.

[Daniel]

So was the car running fine as you stated in that secondary thread or was it surging before you cleaned it?

[mike]

no it was surging before i cleaned it but it was running well tho besides the surge

[Daniel]

Is it a bluish smoke that smells strong?

[mike]

no it is white clout of smoke but strong tho

[Daniel]

Try checking the oil level. Let us know if it is over filled and what the condition of the oil looks like. As of now I’m thinking the egr valve may be bad and allowing oil into the intake. I would start by getting your codes pulled. This will tell you if the egr is bad. Most auto parts stores will do it for free. While you’re at the parts store you may want to grab a new pcv valve. They are around 10 bucks and very easy to change. Let us know if they find any codes and what they are.

[mike]

Ok thank you cel light not on anymore but I left the car running then unplugged egr valve sounded like it wanted to stall but didn’t ,then it started to idle fine .ill let u know condition of the oil when I get home from work tonight thank you for your help

[Daniel]

Keep us updated. If you want you could try pulling the pcv valve out of the valve cover and cover the pcv valve hole (the one that goes to the intake. not the hole in the valve cover)with your thumb. See if that affects the smoke situation (it may take a couple minutes.) If the smoking decreases after two or three minutes you probably have a bad pcv valve.

[mike]

ok ill try that

[mike]

ok i checked the oil and its like a light brown and smells like gas i plan putting in a new egr and pcv valve on friday and if everything goes ok a new oil change

[mike]

just a quick update . i put in the new pvc valve and i started the car it started right up and i let it idle it sounds normal , i let it idle until the fans turned on no problems at all ,,, but the moment i opened the throttle engine stumbles sounds like it wants to stall and massive amount of cloudy white smoke from the tail pipe and down pipe

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