DaveT Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 I made a web page with my solution to the always failing Subaru EGR & Evaporative Emissions solenoids: http://users.adelphia.net/~davidtief/solenoid.html Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSubaruJunkie Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Thats BRILLIANT!! +1 for the USRM -Brian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaru_styles Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 +1! I always break those purge selenoids Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samo Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Awesome sauce! I can't count how many of those damn things I've gone through. Good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soobscript Posted April 12, 2006 Share Posted April 12, 2006 Nice work! Any specific models/years to look at when solenoid hunting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azsubaru Posted April 13, 2006 Share Posted April 13, 2006 I like this - thanks! I was thinking about moving mine away from the engine to cool them down and see if it helped. Has anyone tiried that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 13, 2006 Author Share Posted April 13, 2006 Nice work! Any specific models/years to look at when solenoid hunting? I know that an 86 Toyota sedan had at least one in it. Whatever carbed sedans they were making around those years should have them. I am pretty sure it was a corolla: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1986-Toyota-Corolla-4-door-sedan-Great-Condition_W0QQitemZ4630668107QQcategoryZ6445QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem When I got married, my wife had the Toyota. My 78 Subie was getting to the point of too rotten and started making bad noises from the transmission. We bought a 2 year old 90 Loyale. The A/C controls annoyed me because the selector forces you to draw in fresh air unless you choose A/C MAX. I saw the nice little solenoids in the Toyota, bought one from a dealer. Connected it to a switch on the dash, mounted on hte blanks to the left of the speedo. The solenoid selects fresh air / recirculated air. When the EGR solenoid failed I thought of the Toyota one that was still working. That's when I went to the junkyard. Not long after that, we sold the Toyota - we could never get it to run right - and bought the 86 Subie. I eventually sold the Toyota manual also. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subaru_styles Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 the europe & japan EA82's all came with a button for recirc/fresh air..too bad we didn't get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skip Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Dave nice work. I would just like to add that late eighties/ early 90's Hondas have a black box mounted amidships (in the center) on the bulkhead (firewall) This box has about twenty rubber hoses to it. It contains no less than six of these solenoids. (Lost count as I have removed so many from mine) Well done Sir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan86GL10 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Turbo Dodges (84-89) usually have at least four on the passenger strut tower. I've never had any fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bgd73 Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Nice fix! I wish I had known a better fix than oem before I hacked all egr out of the car and threw it into the forest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted April 14, 2006 Share Posted April 14, 2006 Can I just buy these premade from your for like $25? I am lazy and have no junkyards nearby to get stuff from. My EGR has been bad for almost two years now. I have replaced it twice and it lasts about a month before going out again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 15, 2006 Author Share Posted April 15, 2006 Can I just buy these premade from your for like $25? I am lazy and have no junkyards nearby to get stuff from. The oem ones I tried always lasted a few years, but the Toyota ones are still going, outlasting cars. I'll see what I can get the solenoid for, but I'll still need a connector from a dead one. The connectors I have are all on Toyota solenoids. Most cars have similar solenoids. Any with similar sized ports and body should work, you just have to trace out the function. I only know about the reliability of the Toyota and round Honda ones. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WoodsWagon Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I've got one from a mid eighties Cadilac on mine. Anything that switches between a vacuum source and vent and has about 40ohm resistance coil should work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tin Soldier Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 I have lotsa these solenoids that I can send someone for the plug ends. It really stinks not haveing a U pull around me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starkiller Posted April 15, 2006 Share Posted April 15, 2006 just got a bunch of honda ones from the pap.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilesFox Posted April 16, 2006 Share Posted April 16, 2006 suppose i could use the article on my website? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveT Posted April 17, 2006 Author Share Posted April 17, 2006 Sure, would therebe a small credit line for USMB & DaveT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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