Mind boggling question of the evening:

Previous owner blocked off the EGR, so I decided to make use of the free space by fabricating a blockoff plate with a vacuum bung for my BOV. Instead of just letting the old EGR vacuum line just hang there, I decide to trace it to its origin and remove it all together.

So, I trace it back over to the passenger side strut tower. It connects to a plastic connector thingy, which in turn converts into a larger rubber vacuum line and then splits into two seperate lines. One line splits to the vacuum "tree" back on the driver's side, while the other goes to this contraption looking device bolted to the passenger side strut tower. There are no other vacuum lines leading anywhere else in this particular series of vacuum lines...they just go to the contraption and to the vacuum "tree".

So this device looks like some sort of sensor, perhaps maybe some sort of primitive DPFE sensor designed back in the days of yore. I'm thinking since the EGR has been unhooked for so long, this sensor serves no purpose. So I'm thinking I can remove the sensor or whatever and all the misc vacuum lines.


Does anyone have any idea what the heck this thing does? Do you think the car will suffer any ill effects from removal? It is almost 1am...I'm tired and buzzed...did this post even make any sense?

 

My friend Tim and I removed that whole corner of shit leaving just the vacuum lines that were needed. Looks a hundred times cleaner It did throw a code, but no check engine light.

 

Id like to hear more about the EGR on the back of my intake/Throttle body location. Since I bought the car it has not been hooked up. When I did hook it up once it could hardly stay running...... wtf?

 

sounds like the egr valve was stuck open. It will barely run or not run at all if that was the case...

 

pics? 90% of everything extra is gone on my car, but I'm not sure what piece your taking about since yours is probably different than a 5.0 car...

 

I don't have any pictures, but I found out this piece is exactly what I thought it was. Hooks into the ECU and controls vacuum to the EGR. Since the EGR is gone, I can get rid of this thing too.

This will cause the ECU to throw a few codes, but of course it is a pre OBDII car so it won't have any "limp mode" issues. Out of curiosity, where can I get a free diagnostic to see if it is throwing any other codes?

 

They do. Been there witha friend.

 

If they don't and you're near lakeland sometimes you can drag it over to my school at Traviss Tech M-F 8-2pm and I'll scan it with the Ford Scan-tool or Snap on, whichever works

 

Just removed it...and all is well with the world.