Toyota Prius EGR Removal PLUS Organic Methods for All Cars - Ford, BMW, Chevy, Honda
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2023
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This EGR removal process was performed on a 2013 Toyota Prius V but the concepts apply to nearly all cars. Sluggish acceleration? Lack of Power in your car or truck? Acceleration can feel sluggish, and you may notice a lack of power when driving uphill. You might experience a rough idle, hesitation, or stalling. This video shows the importance of EGR cleaning and a real life removal on a third generation prius.
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A faulty EGR valve and/or a dirty intake manifold are two of the most common causes of P0401. In essence, When your Toyota gives you a P0401 code, the technical issue is insufficient EGR flow. Like most engine trouble codes, the root cause may or may not be obvious. If your engine computer reports a P0401 code, you'll likely notice a pinging or knocking when the vehicle is at higher speeds or the engine is under load, a power loss, sluggishness, etc. As the gang and nutzaboutbolts knows all too well, a Code P0401 Means that your Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) valve has failed or intermittent. An EGR recirculates small amounts of exhaust back into the combustion chambers of the engine in order to decrease the combustion temperature. This reduces the formation of pollution.
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A relative gifted me their 3rd-gen Prius as it had a blown head gasket. I started disassembling the engine to remove the head a few weeks ago and got to the EGR studs and almost broke the long one (the external torx part started to twist). My daily driver sprung a head gasket leak and is a bit more of a project, so I came back to the Prius to see how I could do with continuing the job. That stud came right out. My neighbor finds humor in my shenanigans and came over to give me company and brought a couple tools I was missing. That “disposable member” nut was a challenge. I am thinking the vandal may be onto something with cutting it off and filing the remaining bracket smooth. I joined Priuschat and will look for the heated argument. LOL. I subscribed and appreciate your great documentation of these jobs. Also, thanks Margie for the camera work and PDF drafts!
Will do! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I love this!
Excellent video with plain-speak and clear images. I may just pay $1,000,000 to have a mechanic do it, but, maybe not...
I really cant believe how much effort you put into these videos man 😯
Glad you like them!
His voice is cool
Hal - YES !! I watch a LOT of YT videos (I'm disabled) and mostly about DIY.
Often people know their stuff but not VIDEOGRAPHY ... sound, lighting, camera work, scripting, etc
1st time here and this one had it all PLUS a funny, super dry humor. Deserves LOTS more fans !
Much obliged! Please spread the word and be sure to share the links to my videos. It really helps in the search results.
Man, I thought I found the best videos out there. And then I came across yours, so good and the humor had me sitting here drinking coffee alone laughing out loud literally lol. Thanks so much for the awesome videos and the expendable bracket man that made me over filled with joy. Can’t wait to cut that sucker off and toss it. Thanks again awesome videos, and great humor.🙏❤️
Thank YOU! Glad to have you as part of our audience.
I performed this job today on my 2015 toyota auris hybrid which has the same set up as the Toyota Prius. I soaked my egr cooler overnight in degreaser followed by a thorough jet wash the following morning and then Hooray I could see daylight through my egr cooler. I took Merv’s advice and cut the dreaded bottom bracket as it is easier to take off next time and it is easier to put back on. Take your time when performing this job and make sure you clean everything properly especially the small holes in the manifold. Carb cleaner / egr cleaner is not sufficient enough to clean this and I advise something stronger. Some say don’t use oven cleaner but I used mr muscle and it stripped the carbon away. Some parts of carbon I stripped with a metal wire hanger. Please be thorough when doing this and take your time and do not forget to change your pcv valve when performing this task.
Now my car drives with a lot more power 😊
This channel deserves more subscribers! The best DIY channel i have ever seen!
Wow, thank you! Please spread the word! Share our links on social or anywhere you can. It really helps the algo.
Just became a 3rd Gen Prius owner and your EGR pipe and Intake manifold video was so helpful. Thanks a lot. Now I’ll be doing the EGR cooler thanks to this video
Be sure you do plenty of research beyond my personal escapades. And be careful. It's not as fun as it looks.
That vandal at 17:05 is the best thing that could ever happen to you, send him my address!! He might help, I mean vandalize my EGR. Great video!!
BTW: Thank you Thank you SO MUCH about additional editing of the video. Specifically, coloring the hot and cold fumes, and the area you are talking about! makes so easy to follow your thinking line.
You're very welcome!
I haven't even finished the video and this is by far the most entertaining and informative auto repair video I have ever seen!
Why you don't have a million subscribers is certainly beyond me. Your videos are great and you very clearly put a great deal of work into them.
Thanks for creating and sharing! Appreciate your hard work.
Wow, thank you! Sharing my videos helps a lot. Please do!
I think the A.I. designs are incredible!
Ya know, kids get in trouble for using A.I. on their homework.
Your videos just might make me an at-home mechanic. This stuff actually seems kind of fun. Great videos and I love your commentary! 😂
Cool, thanks
always a fun and educative video !
Thank you 🤗
Awesome video. Gonna attempt this on my 2010 in a couple weeks. Just subscribed!
Welcome aboard!
I like your videos plus great sense of humor
Glad you like them!
fyi to remove the coolant hoses i use a 90* pick with a doll point with a bit of grease work around the hose and walla aldo the best video i have seen on the tube!!!!!
Cool, thanks
Our 3rd gen Prius with 252824 miles has a P0401 code for EGR insufficient flow. This video and your knowledge is a great help. I would say the third AI image looks most like some sort of engine compartment but nothing like a 3rd gen Prius!
We love you Merv❤
Thanks, that's encouraging!
Excellent video and better personality! A+
Wow, thank you!
Thanks for sharing this funny video, i really enjoyed waching, learning and laughing at the same time lol...🤣
Thanks for watching
Hey,
Great job Marv!
To really get the EGR cooler clean besides Easy Off, I used a high pressure power washer with the cooler screwed to a big block of wood and I got it brand new clean!
I used the pressure washer trick, but I got sick of chasing the cooler down the driveway! Screwing to a block of wood is an excellent tip!!!
Nice EGR bracket mod! I guess that was the first break in ever that actually worked out. AI and it's parlor tricks.
thanks for making this video!
My pleasure!
Thanks for detailing everything, I bought one of everything you linked to so hopefully you make some $$$
I hope so too!
Merci chef 🫡
9:46. Instead of torque stud, I used 6-mm socket. Feels a bit loose, but it worked, Did not strip it. Again, you can trow away the cursed torque stud, and replace it with long M8 bolt and a nut that is screwed all the way to the head of the bolt before installation. :-))) Again, I love your coloring!
Wow, this was a very informative, entertaining video. The voice of Dukes of Hazard, tv show, just dated myself. Thank you so much, the tip of sawing off that little pestie bracket was the highlight for me. I've been waiting for months to tackle this project and now with your video and others I've watched, i think I'm ready. Thanks uncle Jesse, was that his voice?
My mortal enemy, the e-grr
i love it
Best car videos anywhere! along with real life aches and pains.
top man , you made me laff .did the police ever find ho cut the bracket of the cooler ,keep up the good vid`s all the best from the uk
He was one crafty feller.
i took apart the "forbidden" egr motor as well. nothing so darn forbidde, just dont loose anything. There are a couple of springs, but they are under the rotor. Also, when removing the phillips screws, do yourself a favor. send these screws to make company to the stud from heII. replace them with hex-head bolts or allen wrench bolts, 5 mm. Such bolts are used often on bicycles.
you did the easy part, now clean out the cooler
Tip for using magnets. Get some small rare earth ones that can fit in your glove finger tips. Then when you spin off those tough ones you can’t see, the magnets in your finger tips will keep them from dropping.
Great idea!
A word to the wise...after fighting with the "expendable crew member" for a day and a half, I came up with a brainstorm that maybe my tool was too big (no pun intended) because of this hose that's right next to it that prevented me from getting a 12mm deep well and 3/8 drive ratchet in there. So I ran to Napa and got me a 12mm 1/4" drive deep well socket along with a 3" and 6" extension just in case and with the help of my long handled 1/4" drive ratchet, I had it out in a matter of minutes
Great tip. Thanks for watching!
13:20 I used a long bench to get higher. then when leaning, not only my lower back, but also my knees. they tried to bent beyound the final stop-point...
I cleaned my egr heat exchanger with boiling water and leaf blower. It helped, but it took 5 hot water baths. I would suggest a laboratory bunsen gas burner. The flame is very hot and pointed inside. This is all stainless steel and you can heat it safely to red-hot, i.e. 600 C deg. All garbage burns before this point.
Great tip!
You simply sawed off the holder? :)
❤❤❤❤ so ya, misfires on my Prius got me delving UA-cam’s depths for why replacing the spark plugs didn’t make everything hunkypurry again. Hours of video watching later, and slightly less time spent on cleaning the maf and replacing the pcv (all new acronyms to me), still wondering what the egr is on the list of things that might be wrong that my code reader is advising me, come across this video. The best of UA-cam mechanics. Thank you! Sure hope it’s not my egr and swapping these two coils out is gonna do the trick instead
Toyota issued a bulletin a while ago stating that they acknowledge this is a routine service item on 10-14 model Prius
Should i do this before im running codes as prevenantive maintenance? Or should i wait until i have a problem
Well, mine was really getting up there in mileage, plus after seeing how dirty the air intake manifold was, I figured it was time for a thorough cleaning.
Use a power washer to clean the EGR, you save $hundreds, is quick, clean, and cheap...
what do you think about just removing the EGR valve and cleaning that, disconnecting the Exhaust pipe from the back of the EGR cooler, keeping the coolant lines attached, and just blowing it out real good with compressed air? The Car Care Nut suggests this method, wondering what you think about it.
How necessary is it to make it spotless like that? I don't really have a problem on my end, just doing it as preventative measure while changing spark plugs
Well, I'm tempted to say it's the lazy way out, but sometimes lazy is better. HOWEVER, seems to me it depends on how clogged up the thru-channels are. It's hard to tell by shining a flashlight through because it's not really a straight shot, and if she's still attached to the exhaust manifold I think it would be hard to see in there.
if it's really clogged you can't just blow the debrie out. I took my EGR-cooler off and had to use ovencleaner (natriumhydroxide) to solve the problem. Took me a while but it's like new now. I mean, the job is difficult for an amateur like me and I just thougth: If I do it, I do it properly and now the cooler is cleaner than new. Also intakemanifold is cleaned a the car runs a lot better and smoother. Just invested time and no money! Take good care of your car and it can last a very long time, so that saves a lot of money. By the way: sawing off that difficult mounting point underneeth is something that I'll do next time
I soaked mine in oven cleaner also overnight followed by a good jet wash / power wash now I can see straight through 😊
Waitin' like a rooster in the hen house for the EGR cleaning vid
😂 Perfectly phrased! We are working on that video right now and hopefully it will be finished faster than a knife fight in a phone booth.
@@MervsServiceSecrets Too late for me, I just bought a cooler from toyota, Mine has 300k on it and it was CLOGGED bad. also, the pipe coming from the exhaust has build up in it. I guess you guys with lower mile cars dont have to worry about that.
"Lower mileage cars" 😂😄😆. Brother, good for you! 300k? Damn fine!
@@MervsServiceSecrets wouldnt have done it without your video. Happy to report the car is SMOOTH again. shooting for 500,000 miles now!
14:22 I removed all high voltage cables, and the entire low-voltage harness. and the console under the el motor coolant, an swung the cooling container away to make space. nope space is never enough.
anyone near central michigan do this work? we appreciate the help
7:23: "giant pain in the aaaaa...." i cut it tru, so that as soon as you loosen the nut, it can slide off. nope. did not help. still the two studs on the very far entrance are obstacle. well, the heII with the 7:23 bolt. If you very much insist, there are special bolts with long thick necks, that have about 10 mm of thread on the front. They can be used instead, and the head is outside, easyly accessile with a wrench. Or, take a long enough M8 bolt. put two nuts at the end, leaving as long as you want thread , tighten them against each other. Again, the head is now on the open, accessible to most wrenches.
Good thing I just cleaned my EGR before seeing this video. Otherwise, the expendable is gone too
Right on
How did you manage to remove lower rear bolt at 11.20? I can't remove oil cooler because of that bolt (and nut)... 😢
I came around the other side of the engine and got in there with a small wrench.
@@MervsServiceSecrets I spent yesterday's whole morning to remove the rear nuts (after removing the wiper panel) and the lower "pain in the a**" nut, that one gave me trouble... :):)
by the way, I spent like half hour to understand that was not a 10mm nut like the other ones!
Hey Merv, I did the EGR service, intake manifold on 2011 Prius with 194k miles. The car was running fine but I figured I do the service to avoid any problems. I put everything back together and I started the car, it ran for about 10 seconds and started to surge and stalled. I started it again with the same results.
Got p3190 and p3191 + p0a0f codes.
Any idea what the heck I did wrong? Or why it's doing this?
I did exactly what everyone was going to tell me.
I went back and checked my work. This Dumb@$$ forgot to connect the PCV hose to the intake manifold.
Thank you for your awesome videos, with plenty of Organic humor.
😊
My 2010 died on the freeway. P3191 code. Is it possible that the EGR cooler is blocked and keeping it from running? It is not the fuel pump.
I don't have a magic answer for you, but it might be the EGR valve itself is having problems opening and closing. Watch this video to see how I dissect it --> ua-cam.com/video/QGcZYGA2cnM/v-deo.htmlsi=DK9d2PCoaOBI0O5h Might also be something as simple as a sensor gone bad. Maybe check out priuschat to see what other's who've had the same problem might recommend. You might also be able to determine the best order to fix/replace things in. (starting with the lowest cost solution, then working your way up). Hope this helps. -Merv Himself
Do you think you can do alot of people a favor by showing the egr cooler cleaning of generation 4 prius? It involves methodically removing the inverter first to get to the cooler.
A bit more challenge for you.
Many thanks in advance...
Well, if you buy me the gen 4, I'll tear it apart. 😄 In the meantime, here is how I cleaned the Gen 3 cooler: ua-cam.com/video/QGcZYGA2cnM/v-deo.htmlsi=D6Q6q10QLFQb1C74
One should never block off the egr and replace sensor with a resistor.
You are so right. Like you, I also could never recommend such a thing.
Man I’m having the hardest time getting that damn stud off the bottom! Like I’ve been trying for days can’t get my egr cooler off 😭
Maybe needle nosed vice grips? Or a very small closed-end box wrench. Just enough to grab the end of that stud and start her turning. And don't forget which way she needs to spin. It's easy to get disoriented.
@@MervsServiceSecrets Finally got it off! Man I used 3 bottles of parts cleaner on that cooler and some long brushes and still can't see through that thing! you recommend soaking in purple power overnight? what else can I do to get it clean
The hell bolt isint that bad if you put the silver cover back on the engine and lay on it feel for the nut with your left and and come straight in with a extension with your right I've removed these coolers like ten times from every which angle even standing in the engine bay with the hood off (have a nice crack on the relay box from resting my knee :/ )and this seems to be pretty effortless way of doing it be sure to wear a hard hat so you dont bump your head into the windshield trying to see what your doing im about 3 concussions away from getting a free cooler from toyota
That's exactly the way I did it. But without the engine cover. Plus, I added one very important accessory.
@@MervsServiceSecrets and @jacobgreen3963 , the accessory was simple yet brilliant.
@@MervsServiceSecrets The accessory is next level.
He didn’t show how hard it is to remove that black plastic part with the two Phillips head screws on the EGR SMH. I stripped mines.
I mention the stripping issue and the bolts that can be bought to replace those dastardly ones.
Come home to SIMPLE RICKS....
That Simple Rick was one helluva guy. And his wafter cookies were a special kind of down-home tasty you just can't find anymore.
17:00 Angle Grinder!!!! Angry Angle Grinder. And send this POS to toyota head quarters with reverse postage.
I love that idea!
OK I can’t stand this guy’s voice. I’m watching different video.