Hey fellow Escape owners,
I own a 2002 v6 Escape with 143k miles on it. I recently had a misfire issue so I replaced the plugs and coils. Thanks to Ford making very few things easy to work on, that required me to remove the intake in order to access three of the coils/plugs. After I put it all back together, my check engine light came on, registering a P0401 error code: an EGR issue. I removed and cleaned my EGR valve, and it appeared to be operating correctly.
This brings me to my main question, I read online that a way to diagnose the issue is to turn the vehicle on with the EGR valve removed. According to what I read/watched, this should have caused the vehicle to run at very high RPMs, or to not start at all. Well, in my case, the Escape started, but ran at very low RPMs, almost to the point of stalling out. Any suggestions?! I'd prefer not to take this to Firestone for a $100 diagnostic.. : /
Thanks!!
I own a 2002 v6 Escape with 143k miles on it. I recently had a misfire issue so I replaced the plugs and coils. Thanks to Ford making very few things easy to work on, that required me to remove the intake in order to access three of the coils/plugs. After I put it all back together, my check engine light came on, registering a P0401 error code: an EGR issue. I removed and cleaned my EGR valve, and it appeared to be operating correctly.
This brings me to my main question, I read online that a way to diagnose the issue is to turn the vehicle on with the EGR valve removed. According to what I read/watched, this should have caused the vehicle to run at very high RPMs, or to not start at all. Well, in my case, the Escape started, but ran at very low RPMs, almost to the point of stalling out. Any suggestions?! I'd prefer not to take this to Firestone for a $100 diagnostic.. : /
Thanks!!