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EGR Control Solenoid: Service and Repair


EGR Control Assembly:






Remove or Disconnect:
1. Negative battery cable.
2. MAP sensor.
3. Electrical connector at solenoid.
4. Screw and solenoid.
5. Vacuum hoses.


Install or Connect:
1. Solenoid and bracket.
Tighten: screw to 30 N-m (22 lb. ft.)
2. Vacuum hoses.
3. Electrical connector.
4. Position MAP sensor seal lubricated with a thin film of clean engine oil) into manifold assembly halfway insert MAP sensor nipple into seal seat sensor fully into seal and onto mounting surface.
5. MAP sensor screws.
Tighten: MAP sensor screws to 3 N-m (27 Ib. in.)
6. Negative battery cable.