Another EGR thread, where the focus is NOT having to clean it, preventative care.

OP, feel free to do as you wish, it's your car. But to tell others that EGR circuit cleaning is totally unnecessary if you use some kind of magic additive/cleaner, and you'll be fine with regular maintenance, then that's where it's your opinion(s).

Don't try to convince others to do as you do. You be you.

SM-S936U ?

 

Just buy an electric vehicle, you won’t have to worry about the EGR system

 

we can't even agree on whether the egr is the cause of head gaskets failing.
without testing, it's all conjecture

 

i did, now i have other worries

 

I think all 3rd gen will have a bad headgasket. It’s by design, doesn’t matter 2010-2015, you will eventually have to replace the Headgasket. Mines at 284k and still end up replacing it. Some replace it at 300k, some earlier at 100k. Eventually, you will all have to replace it. Read too many people replacing it and it’s a common issue on the 3rd gen. I doubt the EGR has anything to do with the headgasket.

the EGR will get caked up regardless of what you use, it’s in the egr cooler and no additives will be able to break down what’s in the cooler. It’s not in any engine compartment for the additives to coat the cooler to clean it from the inside. The only thing that goes through the egr cooler is recirculating exhaust gas.

let me know if you find one that works without taking the egr out and cleaning it. I would like to try

 

not bad on the ford fusion.

I’m surprised your brake system’s been serviced. Im still on my original brake pads and rotors, and wheel hubs, and my vehicle is a 2012 Prius IV.

I’ve been just doing regular routine maintenance and it hasn’t given me any trouble, besides this misfire cylinder 1, and coolant leak, which is the headgasket that im fixing now.

honestly, im gonna keep this Prius till it dies, and even then, i might just drop in a new used engine if the engine blows up on me. But the only thing im afraid while driving the Prius is people stealing my Cat or my hybrid battery.

 

Some people just aren't happy no matter what. They just like being unhappy, and want to spread that
to other people so they can feel better in there unhappiness.

If you don't like the car you're driving, get rid of it, and get something you like.
You will still have issue with that vehicle.

 

I rest my case!

 

that’s my fear of buying a used car, I don’t know the history of it, but I’d definitely would do all the maintenance as preventative before I even drive it around. It doesn’t help you’re in a colder climate so things will rust under there. California weather don’t have that issue unless you live near a beach

yeah I like the Prius because it’s easy to get around city to city and parking in smaller places without issues. Other vehicles are medium size and hard to park. Camping life style in a Prius is doable, since you can drop the back seat down and have a futon in there without issue.

be on the look out for the headgasket video in a couple of weeks. Thanks for watching my videos

 

You physically can separate the material easily with bare fingers. It will leave the catch can into the egr cooler clogging it up

 

Not if you use the stainless steel potscubbers.

In addition to the SS potscrubbers, I made filter screens out of multiple layers of a fine mesh stainless steel. It acts like an oil saturated gauze filter (like K&N) to condense out the vaporized oil in the PCV circuit on its way to the intake manifold.

There is still oil that gets through to pool in the intake, under the throttle body, and the inside of the hose attached to the intake manifold is coated in oil as well.

SM-S936U ?

 

looks like the oil catch can top cap…

I did a cleaning on the intake manifold since I had the occ and there wasn’t any pooling of oil behind the throttle body plate under the intake manifold.