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Car Forum / Chevrolet / Chevrolet Corvette / September 200696 Corvette EGR Valve
my buddy got a quote for $285 to have his egr valve replaced which seemed high to me. it took me 5 minutes to change one on my Fiord Exploder. I haven't looked at it yet but I was wondering if replacing one on a vette was very involved or can it be done pretty easily? tia. > my buddy got a quote for $285 to have his egr valve replaced which > seemed high to me. it took me 5 minutes to change one on my Fiord > Exploder. I haven't looked at it yet but I was wondering if replacing > one on a vette was very involved or can it be done pretty easily? tia. Not sure on the LT-1 but on the L98 the plenum has to come off. Figure 2 to 3 hours, the valve and gaskets. $ 285 is in the ballpark. Before leaping into the job, check out the electrical and vacuum connections. The EGR can hang due to a bit of carbon accumulation on the valve pintle. Guys have been successful in breaking this loose by manually moving the valve up and down. I broke one loose with a bansai drive. Get the engine warm, run a bunch of 1/8 mile accels/decels or find a good upgrade do alternating WOT and throttle closed decels. -- PJ '89 Hookercar '02 e-blu coupe Sometimes you can have success by whacking it. Iffin you can get to it. I'm not sure where it's located on a 96 either. But like you said on the L98 it's buried below the intake runners. >> my buddy got a quote for $285 to have his egr valve replaced which >> seemed high to me. it took me 5 minutes to change one on my Fiord [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > bunch of 1/8 mile accels/decels or find a good upgrade do alternating > WOT and throttle closed decels.  SignatureRic Seyler Online Racing: RicSeyler GPL Handicap 6.35 ricseyler@SPAMgulf.net http://www.pcola.gulf.net/~ricseyler remove –SPAM- from email address -------------------------------------- "Homer no function beer well without." - H.J. Simpson 1/2 hour on our 95, but I painted the replacement flat black to match the original and had to wait while the paint dried. Back by the firewall, 2 nut accessible by box end wrench, and the vacuum hose just pulls off. Relatively snug so a ratcheting box end would go faster, 9/16 if memory serves correctly. Watch the gasket. > my buddy got a quote for $285 to have his egr valve replaced which > seemed high to me. it took me 5 minutes to change one on my Fiord > Exploder. I haven't looked at it yet but I was wondering if replacing > one on a vette was very involved or can it be done pretty easily? tia. > 1/2 hour on our 95, but I painted the replacement flat black to match > the original and had to wait while the paint dried. Back by the [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Exploder. I haven't looked at it yet but I was wondering if replacing > > one on a vette was very involved or can it be done pretty easily? tia. well my buddy couldn't wait until sunday for me to check it out so the garage charged him $125 to install the new EGR he bought and reset the MIL. to his chagrin it only took them 1/2 hour total and it was by the firewall like you said. thanks to all who replied.
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