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Sam, What is a VTCS? Sorry if I sound dumb in asking..(peep) My girlfriend's '02 Protege has a rattle sound coming from the dash. It happens when the rpms climb anywhere from 3k to 6k and does not seem to be speed dependant. Thanks!!

peep- Yeah, sucks that site doesn't list egr valve, and it has nothing in the emissions section either. Thanks though. Anyhow, I let it sit in pb blast 3 times and carbon cleaner twice. Now I am able to push on the spring with out it getting stuck. I had to work it a lot for this to happen...

Thanks britt, Yeah I brought it to work and showed someone who is familiar with cars, he said the valve is probably fubar'd. But since I have PB blaster, I am soaking it right now (like you suggested), see if it does anything. If that doesn't work and the thing is hosed, anyone know of any...

Thanks for the write-up 122 vega! I just removed the egr on my gf's protege. I have a question though, should the spring be able to compress really easy? When I push on the spring, it opens the valve inside the housing, but the valve gets stuck there in the open position (it was opened when i...