#2005 CHEVY EQUINOX EGR VALVE PRO#
I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO CHEVROLET DEALER FIRST OF MARCH AND HAD ALL THE HOSES ,BATTERY CHECKED OIL CHANGE AND TRANMISSION FLUID DRAINAGE AND REPLACED.EVERTHING WAS IN GOOD SHAPE.THE FIRST OF MAY MY CAR WAS MAKING A ROARING SOUND WHEN ACCELERATOR WAS PUSHED DOWN.I HAD TO HAVE MY CAR INSPECTED SO I WENT TO PRO AUTO PLACE THAT WAS IN MY AREA AND I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE EGR TUBE WAS WORN COMPLETELY INTO AND WAS CAUSING EXHAUST FLUMES TO COME INTO MY CAR. If Chevrolet is trying to draw more customers for trade in's "COUNT ME OUT"!!! I keep trying to find out if this problem has been on a recall but I can't seem to find anything relating to this problem. I have a 2005 Chevy that is easy access to repair but yet it might cost me almost $500 to fix something that I don't have the $$$$$ to fix, something that (CHEVROLET) should have known. The issue is "why" Chevy didn't see or know this would be a problem down the road. It was recommended to me to purchase the complete kit (UPGRADE OF COURSE) because the 2005 Equinox doesn't have replacement parts for this procedure? The kit will cost me almost $250 not including the $100.97 that I paid for the EGR TUBE!! I called a few muffler services and was told that it would cost me about $250 to $350 because I attempted to do this on my own and broke the bolts and they didn't know how much damage I did to the manifold? Not to mention the tow to take it to whatever muffler business I choose to do the job. I asked if there was a possibility of drilling out the bolts and was told that "it couldn't be done". Guess what!!!!! They also broke!!! I went back to where I purchased the EGR tube and was told that "this was a common problem". After the first one broke, I proceeded to try and remove the other two at the manifold. I was very cautious with this procedure because I didn't want to break the bolts inside the housing. I sprayed a "LOT" of DW40 to help loosen up the bolts. I purchased the EGR tube for $100.97, When I tried to remove the bolts for the replacement, the bolts were very difficult to loosen. I did some homework on-line and saw that this was something that I could do myself. I was told that there was a leak coming from the EGR tube (they showed me the leak at the top portion of the tube "fumes were visible").
I took my wife's car to have it checked out before our required emission test.
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