EGR VALVE? WHERE IS IT??? 92 dodge ram van 3500 5.9L v8

[bratt]

i think my van is stumbling and messing up due to my egr valve

where is this located? please help


MY SOLUTION: try disconnecting the egr valve and see if it helps, if it is opening to early it will backfire and stumble.

we understand what an EGR valve does. So what can go wrong with it and what are the symptoms??

It's really pretty simple - it can be open when it isn't supposed to be, or it can be closed when it is supposed to be open. Not rocket science, but it is science. If it is open when it is not supposed to be open, at idle for instance, It will act like one monster vacuum leak and the engine will not idle or will idle really roughly. If it doesn't open when it is supposed to open you will probably experience a symptom of "pinging" or "knocking" since the combustion chamber temperature will be higher than normal (one of the main causes of pinging in an engine).

[bratt]

actually my bad i found it on the valve cover

im going to clog it up with a rag to see if this is my vacuum leak