Back on the road soon!

[YESCA]

Well I will be getting the ol’ Solara back on the road shortly. I just bought a new rack and pinion system, so that should be arriving with in the next week or so, and I will be cleaning out the ever living crap out of my EGR to see if I can get the CEL cleared. Other thought I have with that is, I am going to see if I don’t have a vacuum line in the wrong spot, which could be causing, the 2 conflicting codes, insufficient ERG flow, and not enough EGR flow. The guy at Toyota said it could be something just that simple. Problem I run into with that is my car now is 3 months late for tags, and I have to drive at least 100 miles to reset the computer in order for them to be able to do my emissions.

Oh well, I’ll tackle 1 battle at a time. 1st New Rack and Pinion.

I hate emission and safety inspections

[onefiend]

That's cool you're getting the Solara back and running.

The EGR system is a pain in the ass though, I had an EGR problem with my Gen1 Solara at 55,000 miles. Replaced the EGR valve and got the system cleaned out and everything was cool. At 70,000 miles I get the CEL again for an EGR problem, this time it was the EGR Solenoid, after replacing the solenoid, no more CEL.

[SleeperSolara]

Nice man.
That sucks about your emmissions.

[Ilovemylara]

Lucky for me, Alabama doesnt have emissions or smog checks

[SleeperSolara]

Lucky for me, Alabama doesnt have emissions or smog checks

Same for Oklahoma.

[ASG14]

WTF, Gen 4 + EGR = Fail!

BigBird has been trying to figure his out for months.

Good luck with !

[Gibson99]

i have the EGR insufficient code on my 98 cam... but that's probably because most of the EGR system is currently on the shelf in my garage!

I'm planning to reinstall it tho - should help bring down exh temps at cruise on the freeway and maybe better mpg too.