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Throttle Body and EGR


paulkramer
08-30-2004, 08:16 AM
I have been experiencing a hesitation when driving in forward immediately after starting my car ('00, 3.5). I heard that this might be caused by a dirty throttle body and so cleaned mine with throttle body cleaner. It seemed to help but now only a week later it is acting up again. Has anyone out there heard of this problem being caused by a dirty EGR? Someone suggested that might be the problem.

Viper99991
08-30-2004, 03:14 PM
ya does it make a whinning sound before it does it if so its you trac working and setting it self

paulkramer
09-01-2004, 07:52 AM
It makes a little grunting sound - ABS - but other cars don't hesitate because the ABS is resetting......been reading up on EGRs and it seems a lot of cars need EGR cleaning around 60K....mine has 62K.

malcolm brumley
09-04-2004, 04:43 AM
Usually a dirty EGR valve will stick open and cause a lean condition. Sometimes a rough idle or backfiring ocours.

paulkramer
09-05-2004, 11:41 PM
Interesting.....no roughness, just a hesitation.....almost like the throttle cable is hung up or something.........no backfiring either. Who knows?! Could be a bad throttle position sensor too.....

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