EGR valve service on an 850

Discussion in 'Volvo 850' started by Mystical, Apr 26, 2005.

  1. Mystical

    Mystical Guest

    Hi,
    I have a 95 850 with almost 115K miles on it. In looking through the
    owner's manual the other day, I notice that the EGR valve is to be cleaned
    at 100K miles. This was not done. Will anything harmful happen to the engine
    because of this oversight and should I rush to get it done NOW or can it
    wait until the next regular 5K service?
    Thanks in advance for you advice, Brad
     
    Mystical, Apr 26, 2005
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  2. Mystical

    Mike F Guest

    The worst that will happen is that the passages will/are clogged and the
    check engine light will turn on giving you an EGR error code. If the
    car is a turbo, then the maximum boost will be reduced, robbing you of
    some power. You also may notice a poor idle, depending on the exact
    fault. If this happens it won't strand you, and it won't really hurt
    anything.

    --
    Mike F.
    Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

    Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
    (But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)
     
    Mike F, Apr 26, 2005
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