EGR cooler gasket not correctly fit exhaust side

I tried the parts and carb cleaner twice, didn't budge the buildup, soaked over night.. done nothing but stink lol..

Just soaked in oven cleaner and pressure washed, still tons of carbon inside manifold

Now I'm particularly bothered about the crud sitting right on the edge of the valves and seats, granted it's combustible junk but don't like to see it right there where the valve seats and there's not a chance I can clean it in situ

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Not too sure on that Willy, when i first got P0401 i remember reading a thread somewhere where someone done a teardown and autopsy on their egr valve but from memory it did not fix his issue.

got the cooler back on today with a fresh gasket that only took a couple minutes, no probs there, the manifold is soaking, again. its nearly clean..

looking at where i want to put this catch can, my ocd half wants it low but my cbf half (which is strong) wants it near the headlight lol

after the initial shock and panic of all that mess around my valves i left it to properly dry then all i needed to do was attach some garden hose to the shop vac with duct tape which got me deep in there, with an assistant i also blew with compressor while vacuuming at same time, this worked for the three closed valves tomorrow i will vacuum then close the 4th and get some compressed air in that once closed, seemed to work well enough but i hate looking at the leftover soot on back of valves and near seats, i just want to spray them with something but haven't got the nerve

If ever again i will have a spare clean manifold and cooler cleaned up ready to roll before i even touch the car, aside of the damn cleaning its easy enough to do

 

Yeah Dogman, i have a compressor and air gun, sorry for not mentioning it earlier,

Was originally hesitant to use carb cleaner directly around the valves thinking it might melt the carbon deposits and send the runny black soot like crap down in to the seat, if it's safe practice I will do it tomorrow! and how about the port with open valve which is #2, I am not sure it's a good time to close that valve as there may be junk sitting on the seat .. meh

Yes the compressor is very handy, I couldn't live without it. It broke down last year the week long wait for parts was traumatizing!

Will definitely clean it much earlier next time, but I'm still on the hunt for another manifold and cooler to clean up ready! I seen two of these engines go in the scrap skip a month ago, how annoying!

Mendel that's a good little bit of kit, the garden hose worked well and was a good size for the job on hand.

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Super handy Mendel, it's one of those things you think you don't need until you have one, then once you have one theres absolutely no living without it, I use mine every day for something or other, pretty sure it's 45L /2.5hp which is plenty big enough for general workshop use just not big enough for full car spray jobs! I don't paint, well not often and not full cars only bits n pieces..

I like the pancake, but with a "normal style" tank compressor at least you can change out the stop valve shut off relay assembly thing when it periodically fails, with a $12 eBay part

When I clean a car it gets blown out before vacuuming, hobby stuff, parts, computers, just everything.. a much needed piece of workshop, don't hesitate any longer you will use it much more than you may think, add to cart.

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Lol not sure if I've seen nebraska, will put it on my list of things to watch over the coming winter months, of which I'm not looking forward to!

Our winters aren't even that cold (average 3-12c) but I still hate it. Give me more summer please!

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Lol Mendel, strange.

A typical Prius owner they said ....



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Mendel, how about this catch can

Will occ still do what it needs to up top or is there 100% need for it to be down low? I understand it's optimum to be low but if it needs to be emptied often and it's not a big issue having it up the top that may end up more practical for me

I understand you access your occ via the lower inspection cover, I generally do either 10,000km or 6 monthly seasonal oil changes which ever comes first if the can only needs to be emptied once per oil service I'm good with removing the cover, if it needs checking more often I'm leaning towards putting it up top unless there is efficiency issues, or oil pooling at the hose end of the pcv due to the uphill stream

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Thanks for the reassurance Dogman, i will give it a gentle wash and blow out with the carb cleaner,

BTW the trouble i was having with cleaning the intake manifold was with the intake ports, not so much the egr passages, after cleaning the head ports i just could not stand to leave the buildup on manifold but i guess a lot of people would!

the oven cleaner has stained the metal studs and collets, doesnt really matter

broke one of the Etorx 6mm heads off throttle body stud, next time i try to remove one of those i will wd40 first and use impact tool, gently

 

trying to imagine what shape or style of brass brush would get down in there effectively