A friend of mine has a 2001 Mazda 626 V6. Damn EGR valve is throwing a code. He cant past inspections......which means he cant renew his tags.....which mean etc......

Where is the damn EGR valve at on this car? Mazda crammed the V6 in there and I cant find it.

He has a couple of options:

1 - take to shop for $700 (precision autotune quote)
2 - find a shady inspection place (like i did for my tint)
3 - the old resistor in the egr harness trick.

If I could find the valve I coupe stick that resistor in the harness and that usually works...atleast it does on nissans.

5/27/2009 9:45:15 AM

are 2000's the same as 2001's? i'm not sure

first hit on google:







[Edited on May 27, 2009 at 10:48 AM. Reason : more]

5/27/2009 10:46:10 AM

If it is the same as the 2000, it isn't terribly hard to get to. However, when we did ours last we cleaned it out really well-- drove it enough for it to be able to be inspected & then it threw the damn code again as we were pulling away from the shop. hahaha
Oh well- another year down

There's lots of information about it on mazda forums-- don't have the links readily available on this computer, though. Good luck.

5/27/2009 12:14:56 PM

My bad, its a 2000. I will try resistor first, then cleaning it. Do u remember how to clean it?

5/27/2009 1:45:42 PM

Doubtful.

5/27/2009 2:15:06 PM

i have always cleaned them with carb cleaner and havent had any problems afterwards

5/27/2009 2:24:39 PM

Quote :

"However, when we did ours last we cleaned it out really well-- drove it enough for it to be able to be inspected & then it threw the damn code again as we were pulling away from the shop. hahaha"

one thing i've noticed with my higher-end OBD II scanner (the nicer Actron one you can get at Advance): you can view whether the car is ready for an OBD II test. And often that is in as little as 40-50 miles (depending on how you have been driving it), and whatever is wrong with your shit won't throw a code until like 200

5/27/2009 3:34:08 PM

^ you disappoint me without a 10 page explanation

6/27/2009 11:29:31 PM