Cleaning the EGR Valve in Your Sprinter Van: Step-by-Step Guide
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- Does your diesel sprinter van feel like it shudders then surges, feels like it runs out of fuel for a second then starts again, or hesitates under light throttle? maybe your egr valve is dirty. In this video I go through the easy process of cleaning your egr valve to fix that hesitation. the EGR or Exhaust Gas recirculation valve is a valve that allows some exhaust gasses to flow back into the intake air to reburn that gas creating a cleaner exhaust. In diesel engines that valve gets coated with carbon sometimes to the point that it does not open properly and makes the engine feel like it is hesitating or stalling under light throttle. the dealer will charge over $500.00 to do this simple cleaning you can do in your drive way. Check out the video and see how. In my research when i bought my van i found that this egr valve design gets dirty quickly especially if the van idles alot. You will need:
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Very straightforward and informative video.❤❤
Thanks
Mine just lifts right out, no hammers required. Everyone needs to make an EGR cleaning kit and keep it in the van at all times, you never know when it will loose power. Also go ahead and clean it every oil change or 7500 miles.
Great advice, thanks for the comments and glad your just popped out!
this is a v-6 2021 4 cylinder is in the back driver side us version hard to get to . look up the video on right side drive lot easer than left drive.
Yes this video is for the v6 diesel. The 4 cyl turbo should not have the same sooting issues based on its improved design
This video helped a ton! I’m still dealing with the problem but it’s not as frequent. For me it happened when I would try to goose it going up a grade. Perhaps I just need to clean it a bit better?
Excellent glad it helped, if your still seeing issues i would clean it again and just make sure the valve operates easily, meaning it snaps back into place after rotating it
@@ramblingambition it snaps back but there’s a lot of crud further down the pipe. I think I just have to dig a little deeper
@scdrescher1 good luck, worst comes to worst you may need to replace the assembly
@@ramblingambition the one good thing about buying the Dodgecedes sprinter is that I’ve gotten a lot more adept at fixing things on my van….I’m not sure however if that’s early a good thing
@scdrescher1 I hear you but skills are skills regardless of when you learn them, I think they will serve you well
Did the car raise EGR fault code? My 3.0 Sprinter lacks power in cold weather when the engine is cold. No error codes. The workshop couldn't find a thing. EGR is one culprit I'm suspecting, might open it up before next winter.
I did not get a CEL for it, I started noticing some power loss and shuttering and knowing the egr is a known problem I just cleaned it and it made all the difference, just moved to colorado from virginia this spring and the van did great during the 1700 mile trip west
Dan, great video !! Do you have a video showing how to change the oil in my 2019 Winnebago View ? I want to do it myself … thanks
Thanks I appreciate it, yes here it is
Step-by-Step Sprinter Van Oil Change Guide
ruclips.net/video/_9M1QALGQww/видео.html
Good luck!
good work thx
Thanks!!
Nice video, thanks. Can you remove the coolant hoses without coolant spilling everywhere? It seems like it would be a lot easier to clean the EGR outside the engine bay.
Thank you, you could certainly clamp off both the hoses and then you would just loose a cup or two of coolant, but honestly it was pretty easy to just keep it intact, kind of hard to film but in practice it wasn’t bad to do, I did not find myself saying man this would have been a whole lot easier if i just took it out, so to me i guess it was simple enough, i am not sure how much would drain if you just disconnected them but then you have to deal with coolant on the engine and on the ground etc. I guess its a pick your poison kinda process. Hope that helped. Thanks again for watching
I have a 2023 Sprinter Diesel and I can not find the EGR Valve, do you have any advice?
Which motor do you have, the V6 or the new 4cyl turbo?
@@ramblingambition the new 4 cylinder 2.0
@perritomanoso3008 I am not familiar with the new 4 cylinder and I think its way to early in the use of the motor to determine if it will have the same issues as the 6 cyl. The tried and true 6 cyl motor has been around for decades and very little tech has impacted its use, hopefully with the new engineering that went into the new motor egr build up issues will be resolved, i would think if it becomes an issue someone will start posting how to clean it, in the mean time drive on and enjoy
@@ramblingambition thank you 🙏 for your reply, Im enjoying my sprinter
At what interval would you recommend doing this?
I think every 30k depending on how much idling or city start stop traffic your in a little earlier like 20k if you idle alot and are in the city mostly and maybe stretch to 40 if your all highway or tow, what you dont want is it to cause an issue and for how long it takes to clean it my plan is every 25k, cheap insurance to make sure it performs like it should
Mine is a class C motor home, all highway miles. 25k it is . Thank you.
Excellent! Take care
I tapped for like a hr before mine came out be patient peeps 😂
Definitely worth the patience!
i've got a 2003
With all the emmissions changes since the early 2000’s not sure how your engine would look regarding the egr if it even has one
@@ramblingambition it has one and i've got lots of black smoke on acceleration. would like to know how to "clean" it.
@michaelcarman-yv9tm if you can get to it easily, it should come out and it just needs to be cleaned real good with parts or carb cleaner, just get the gaskets for it, black smoke under acceleration means you have excess fuel that isnt getting burned off not sure if the egr is causing that though, have you noticed your fuel mileage is bad and lack of power?
@@ramblingambition actually my mpg is 25 consistently. thanks for your response. she goes into limp mode sometimes. i am replacing the tranny electronics board to see if that helps the limp thing. i've seen that an air filter or egr can cause the black smoke. but she runs real nice usually. i will try cleaning the egr as you say. thanks again
@michaelcarman-yv9tm wow 25mpg is great. Good luck!