How To: EGR Removal and Cleaning for Rough Idle Fix

[amsgator]

ok so it's not torn?

dang it if it's not torn mounts WTF is it?!?!?! it's drivng me crazy

 

[amsgator]

anyone got a how-to for the idle solenoid...heard some ppls popped apart and got screwed....$$$$ ?

 

[AznXstazy]

nope ur passenger mount is torn. the top piece is not like that. trust me took mine off to fill it cause the bottom was torn. yours is torn. it straight ripped from the top metal to the rubber. a complete separation of the 2. you will see when you pull it out.

EDIT: btw, how many people got CEL after doing this? mine just threw a cell 20 miles after i cleaned it. i think this is wat my CEL is for, but i have not pulled the code for it. i saw some people threw CEL and im hoping this is the problem, cause it should be a easy fix. thanks

 

[amsgator]

i thought it mite have been. anyone else agree the side is torn? not sure what a good one looks like....

 

[Kansei]

That's what mine looked like (on both sides of that mount), and I know that is what Rob's (liquid_ag) looked like too from what he told me. I think that is as torn as those mounts can get, there's no way in hell you could ever tear the big chunk of rubber at the bottom of the mount.

 

[amsgator]

but aren't those made so they dont connect at the top?

SLS only has one side mount dont they...is it passenger side? would that cause the extra vibration or is it something else? maybe it's just the header doing it? it's not like the car is about to rattle apart, i can just feel it in the floorboard now and the shifter vibrates slightly more.

 

[amsgator]

for the MAF cleaning, can i just spray the MAF cleaner through the grating on the MAF that keeps things from getting sucked into it (i guess if u didnt have a filter on?) or does it come apart to get to the part that needs to be sprayed and cleaned?

 

[amsgator]

does the front mount look buggered too Kansei?

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105231
http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105230

eric said it looks like it had been pulled back 3/4 of the way (the nut) and is no longer sitting in the middle. :-\

 

[red95_240sx]

cant help on those mounts, besides the fact i agree about the bolt not being centered.

dont clean the MAF with any fluids, wipe it dry.

 

[Dr.Sound]

why not clean the MAF with MAF cleaner?
it will desolve all the buildup the MAF has accumulated.

they make MAF cleaner for a reason.
u'll be surprized how dirty it is.

 

[amsgator]

cant help on those mounts, besides the fact i agree about the bolt not being centered.

dont clean the MAF with any fluids, wipe it dry.

if you wipe it with anything it will damage it... you can use either electronics cleaner or MAF cleaner, i suggest the MAF cleaner.... you dont want to touch the lil thing hanging or it will damage it and you will need a new one....180 bux from onlinemazdaparts.com :-\

 

[Dr.Sound]

^ exactly

 

[amsgator]

cleaned my MAF sensor today, went ahead and did it. hope i covered everything in the how-to. will a mod please move it to the how-to section if it hasnt already been moved. thanks!

http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?p=3097578#post3097578

 

[Protege__Owner]

if u clean ur IAC and EGR, and the car still dies occasionally (like mine) raise the idle to 1000 (i think normal idle is 750 or somethin close). it`s the only thing that i personally know for certain that is an easy fix. i thot someone was saying that their car was still havin some problems after cleaning one or both. no one?

Sorry if this sounds dumb, but how do you raise the idle?

 

[amsgator]

Sorry if this sounds dumb, but how do you raise the idle?

if u have a 3rd gen u cant raise it, the ECU does it automatically

 

[Protege__Owner]

if u have a 3rd gen u cant raise it, the ECU does it automatically

Thanks for the info, I do have the 3rd Gen Protege. Something less that I would need to worry about. Thanks.

 

[Protege__Owner]

I'll take some photos tomorrow morning, if still needed. You going to need a special torx wrench to take the valve out. Clean the plunger and the housing.

check out the pics. In my case, when i removed the solenoid valve, the plunger got stock to the throttle body. There was carbon build up.

For those who have removed the IAC motor to clean the IAC Plunger, Do you remember whether or not there was an O-ring between the IAC motor and throttle body? I've removed my IAC to clean it, but when I was putting it back together, I didn't notice that there was an O-ring there. Wasn't sure if I dropped it while I pulled the IAC from the throttle body or there wasn't one there to begin with? Thank you.

 

[amsgator]

Thanks for the info, I do have the 3rd Gen Protege. Something less that I would need to worry about. Thanks.

if it's too low you can try resetting the ECU and hope it sets it a lil higher :-\

 

[qikslvr2006]

sub sub im going to do this cause my 02 protege has 146000 miles and has been doing it for a while. anyone know if theres a how to on change the timing belt and stuff lol. and if you do should you change the tensioner?

 

[red95_240sx]

using alcohal on the sensors is not good for sure its how i ruined mine. so were not suppose to touch, just spray it?

i think that MAF cleaner just hit the shelves, or ive never noticed it. bad idle can be because of vac. leaks too. cleaning the EGR is not exactly killing it. i think its more of the ECU reset than the actual cleaning. sometimes i get a better idle with my OEM air intake.