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Old 07-25-2014, 10:56 PM   #68 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by vskid3 View Post
My Insight still did lean burn with the CEL on. It had what's known as the herky-jerkies, generally caused by the EGR valve going bad or the EGR being clogged. I unplugged the EGR valve and the herky-jerkies disappeared and the resulting CEL didn't cause any issues.

If you're noticing any symptoms besides just the CEL, I would unplug the EGR valve and see what happens.
Oh I'm suffering from major power loss and the 'herky jerky' as you would put it lol. I'm like 99% sure the EGR chamber is just blocked, I already got all the parts to fix it for 65$. Gonna do it Sunday or Monday.
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