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A new one on me.

A coworker has 150,000 miles on her Toyota Prius.

A light came on so she brung it into the dealer.

They want $1,800 parts and labor to replace the EGR cooler.

I googled it, turns out most vehicles have them and you can expect 80,000 miles out of them.

First I’ve heard of such a thing, never heard of anyone having to replace one either.

Google says it’s a $240 part.

Sounds like she gonna be hoodwinked.


Couple bolts. 2 hoses.

Unless it’s extremely difficult to access…


Prolly a 5 beer job.

The last guy who said that about an alternator replacement on a VW Taureg V8 was kinda pissed that he had to remove the engine to get it out.............

I just ordered an EGR valve for my Acura. Like said before - two bolts, a gasket and a plug. It should be a 30 minute job based on the videos I've watched. I was able to pick one up for $60. I did see where I should probably clean up the carbon build up around the intake as well. I have not heard of a cooler for it although it does have an internal "pipe" that feeds to it

Just watched a video this morning about the water pump on the 3.5L twin turbo Ford motor. Good lord that's a nightmare

Do not buy foreign autos ,unless you like to pull the motor to replace simple things like a water pump.. I was a auto mechanic for 25 years , and would quit my job if I had to work on certain autos...there were plenty of auto repair shops willing to hire me....yes Fords were almost as bad..

I replaced the water pump in my first generation Tacoma without pulling the engine, and helped a friend do his 2.4L 2nd gen.

I did have to pull the heads to put spark plugs in a Ford once, which was a nice gift from them.

An EGR valve is not an EGR cooler.

Wait...!!

You were an auto mechanic for 25 years, and you come on here and ask if $1000 for a simple car battery is okay?


LOL.

You keep getting more and more entertaining!

So she brung it to a dealer, huh? I thought you was some sort of teacher or something like that,

Birdy does sometimes use poetic license in his posts. I presume your use of "was" is intentional..or maybe not.

Birdie's a smart guy, but he likes to type in Texican sometimes.

He has a penchant for the vernacular, as they used to say in the old country.

Nothing gets past the discerning eye, butsept maybe the comma,,,

y'all just don't be doin' no figgerin' with nummers and stuff. or ol' mathman be along presently t' kerreckt yo azz.

He learnt that from dem cheerleaders that are always tryna get in his pants.

I type on here like I talk <“shrug”>

Hard to place, I first learned to speak in a North Lancashire UK dialect. Back then you could tell someone who lived 20 miles away by their accent. Been around since then. People usually guess Canadian.

I replaced my EGR valve last night, and cleaned the carbon build up in the pipe that feeds to it.

Its not a night and day difference but I can tell a difference in how the car runs. I also replaced an O2 sensor so that might have had something to do with it as well.

But it has a bit more pep and seems to idle more smoothly.

I have a 2007 Acura with 135K miles. Also replaced the brake calipers, rotor and pads because it was making a clunking noise when I'd stop (and the fact I had gone thru 2 sets of brake pads without turning the rotors)

Now it runs AND stops. Jackpot.