suprjohn Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Now that my dash is back in, I took some time to look at the blinking LED on the ECM. Near as I can tell it's flashing 34 & 35, though it's kind of hard to distinguish. When I look that up, it says, EGR solenoid, and purge control solenoid. Does that sound plausible? What would be the cheapest best place to start? Advice and opinions welcome! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jj421 Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 Yup, 34 and 35 are common codes. I used to have both. What I eventually did was every time I went to the junkyard, I'd grab as many EGR and purge solenoids as possible. I'd change both of them, drive a bit, check the ECU. If the code was still there, move on to the next one. I went through about 4-5 solenoids each before I finally found good ones. You can also mod in a resister for the purge solenoid, though I don't know the specifics. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruparts Posted April 6, 2014 Share Posted April 6, 2014 hi, i applaud you for the job you've been doing , been following some of your threads and you have done a lot of work on this one! anyway the solinoids have little plastic nipples for the vac hoses to them,, very- very easy to break off and the hose will still be in place so it looks ok at first glance, but no actual connection since its broken. ( vac leak and no function), your's might just be non functional but usually they get broken first. they are very $$ to buy, so look for them like jj421 was saying. they are basically just an electrically operated valve, and a lot of other cars have them,, possibly a refit of something nissan or?? might be a possibility. thinking the purge one takes the vapors from the charcoal canister and sends them through the intake to burn at startup, or something like that,, the egr one ithink actually has to function to make the egr valve function, if it have it wrong hopefully someone can fill in more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprjohn Posted April 8, 2014 Author Share Posted April 8, 2014 Thanks Guys! Sorry I've been slow to reply; didn't get notified for some reason. I will check into those fixes. Thanks! John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naru Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Broken nipples will not set the codes.only electical faults. Most often burnt solenoid coils.Put an ohmmeter across one to check. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Discombobulated Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Yup, bring an ohmmeter to the yard and you can test them before removing them, I called a couple dealers and they told me the parts has been discontinued? So as stated above I grab any that show good regardless if needed or not:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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