CEL EGR excessive flow

[nickhuts]

-Cleaned out EGR (First time in 71,000 miles, the thing was caked!)

-Broke loose as much gunk in the intake manifold that I could with a screwdriver and shop vac

-CEL comes back on within 10 miles of driving with same code.

-pulled it out and cleaned again

-This time I hear one loud click as if the EGR valve closed? Like it really was stuck open and flowing too much all the time. Sooo I thought I may have freed up the valve and it was working for about 25 miles, now back to the same CEL, EGR excessive flow.

Do I have a bad EGR Valve?

Owner at NAPA said he sells more EGR sending units or whatever the electronic part is...for $130, which is cheaper than buying the whole complete valve.

Any advice would be great! I have not had a problem out of this truck besides the FICM and do not really want to do an EGR delete.

If it is a bad valve any good prices out there? Money is tight as always

THANKS FELOW STROKERS!

[Dave]

Your valve was stuck open

[nickhuts]

Yes I believe it was stuck open but I still have a CEL that says egr excessive flow ...

[Dave]

Clear the CEL. If it comes back pull the valve and weld it shut

[nickhuts]

Weld it shut? Any pictures ? Cant really find anything on this topic of welding it shut

[Term3]

Welding it shut will still give codes with some engines. You will need a tuner to turn off the EGR system. When my EGR stuck open my engine ran like crap and also took out my turbo.

[nickhuts]

Truck runs great. Full power . It ran a ton smoother when I cleaned the egr valve .just trying to get it fixed properly

[dannyboy950]

Ya need to either clean the valve really good or replace it. Iknow about short money but there is no simple fix with guaranteed results.

[Term3]

When mine stuck open they had to pull the intake manifold to clean it out properly.

[sinner6.0L]

there are lots of new factory EGR valves on ebay if you're looking to save a few bucks