[bpopilek]

Ok as a final follow up to this nightmare, I have the van running perfectly now. After pulling the aluminum intake off and having it all cleaned very well, I put everything back together. I did find a small coolant leak on the old intake gasket, so it was worth tearing it all down and getting it done right. In the process, the DPFE broke, so that got replaced along with the EGR valve, thermostat, all plugs and wires, front valve cover, upper intake gaskets, & front vacuum lines.

However, once I got it all back together it still was running horribly. I discovered that while my EGR error code was gone, I was now still getting a cylinder 1 misfire code and the engine light was flashing. This turned out to be a bad coil pack that was only affecting cylinder 1. Once that was swapped out, it finally was purring like a kitten and had tons of power!

I do have one last question though if anyone can point me in the right direction. During my test drive I noticed that the heat was only blowing out of the defrost vents by the windshield. No matter where I set the switch, it will not change the output vents. Is it possible I loosed a vacuum line under the hood that controls this or do I need to look elsewhere? Thanks for all the earlier tips!