Possible replacement EGR cooler

Hey all so I was just looking on eBay & found what looks to be a very reasonable priced egr cooler for $75 (+s&h). Would you guys think this is a good price? Apparently all the EGR valves with the cooler attached are just too expensive imo. I figured ill just get the cooler itself & then spend a whole weekend working on getting the valve & the cooler cleaned up.

Also just found this & would like input as well please: https://ebay.us/m/z02L4w

 

Well now offense, but just the valve itself won't help if the cooler doesn't come with it. My understanding is that part of the issue with the 3rd Gen is the cooler attached to the valve. That's why I'm trying to find either the cooler or both parts together. Btw I just edited the original to include a possible used pair at a very reasonable price.

 

Hey there I think there was some miscommunication along the way. I've already watched videos on how to remove it. I'm fully aware that they can come apart. What I'm trying to figure out is if I should just get it all used or just focus on the cooler itself since the cooler is more difficult to find in general. No one wants to make new EGR coolers.

 

Hey Mendel, so unfortunately around here salvage yards don't really get a good selection of Prius cars in general. Also people know about the egr valves for the 3rd gen & thus they go immediately after them. I've honestly given up on my local salvage yards (we have 3 and I have to drive 2 hours round trip for each of them), so I'd much rather just go the eBay route.

 

Hey man, so actually that's a very fair question. So where I live, we have our own local version of Doordash that I use to make extra $ on the side and naturally the weekend is the best time to grind for that money. The reason behind this post is in general to save myself as much down time as possible. Also maybe someone in the future here will want mine when I'm done cleaning it up or maybe I'll just sell it on eBay (not sure which direction ill go there). Overall its just another part of the car that I want to take care of. As per your comment about the cleaning, that's something I can easily do on the side when I'm not busy with my local Doordash job.

 

Just curious on what is your rock bottom price?

 

Hey all so I actually found one on eBay for a shockingly low $50. There's no photos to show that they actually cleaned it in advance so I don't have an issue with cleaning it myself. However, I would like to know all the methods in terms of trying to clean an egr cooler. There's one video on using brake cleaner. @Mendel Leisk Talked about using oven cleaner with oxi boost or oxi cleaner in another post. Just curious on what all types of cleaners I should use. I remember seeing one video where a guy bought something that started with the letter B, but I can't remember but apparently all he did was just let it soak in this solution and all the black junk just started flowing out. When I find that video, I'll make sure to share it.