Hi there everyone,
I recently had the well documented EGR symptoms on my 1.9 sporting 150 Stilo. Loss of power below 2000 rpm (EGR stuck open) followed a few days later by power returning to normal but EML on (EGR stuck closed?). I removed and cleaned the valve after reading the guides on here and boy was it jammed up. It wouldn't move at all to begin with but after lots of cleaning it was free as a bird again. Refitted eveything and I was back to loss of power below 2000 rpm and EML still on (after disconnecting battery). Strange, I thought. So I took it off again and inspected it. Seemed to working fine. I took off the soleniod and tried the valve, fine. I pushed my mouth against the circular opening and blew into it, no sign of the valve leaking. I then refitted the solenoid and tried the same thing I could hear air leaking. Seems like the soleniod is not fully retracting and pushing the vavle open slightly. Refitted the vavle to the car without the solenoid and it runs fine but the EML is still on. I am thinking I need to replace the soleniod. any ideas?
I recently had the well documented EGR symptoms on my 1.9 sporting 150 Stilo. Loss of power below 2000 rpm (EGR stuck open) followed a few days later by power returning to normal but EML on (EGR stuck closed?). I removed and cleaned the valve after reading the guides on here and boy was it jammed up. It wouldn't move at all to begin with but after lots of cleaning it was free as a bird again. Refitted eveything and I was back to loss of power below 2000 rpm and EML still on (after disconnecting battery). Strange, I thought. So I took it off again and inspected it. Seemed to working fine. I took off the soleniod and tried the valve, fine. I pushed my mouth against the circular opening and blew into it, no sign of the valve leaking. I then refitted the solenoid and tried the same thing I could hear air leaking. Seems like the soleniod is not fully retracting and pushing the vavle open slightly. Refitted the vavle to the car without the solenoid and it runs fine but the EML is still on. I am thinking I need to replace the soleniod. any ideas?