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EGR Port Cleaning on '02 Ody

Pulled the plenum cover off today for the first time and cleaned the EGR passages on our '02 Ody with 140K miles. The ports and passages were still open, but not by much. We were getting a slight surging at idle, and this seems to have eliminated it. Expect to use at least one can of throttle body cleaner along with a small screwdriver and a brass brush. I cleaned the metal gasket and reused it without a problem.

There was a little oil on the inside of the plenum chamber, but I just soaked it up with an old rag and cleaned off the residue with the throttle body cleaner. Overall a very easy but necessary job.

 

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I used a brass brush and screwdriver to clean out the EGR passages along with throttle body cleaner, as well as a 11/32" drill bit to clean the actual port hole down into each of the intake passages. The metal gasket was just sprayed with cleaner and wiped off with an old rag. It came clean easily with hardly any rubbing as long as you let the cleaner sit for a minute or so. I then used the same rag to soak up the oily residue inside the intake itself and clean the mating surface on the intake.