Egr Temp Sensor

[thieaux]

I was tinckeing on my car :D, and i found a unconnected plug , i saw the light maybe this is why car doesn have power after 4000rpm, wrong it turn out to be the egr temp sensor , but what really surprised me whas the fact that i didnt get a mil , and iv been checking my dtc almost every day , and never got a egr code,, could someone shine some light ove here....

[sha4000]

do you hav a pic of where this plug is located?

[j.barleycorn]

I was tinckeing on my car :D, and i found a unconnected plug , i saw the light maybe this is why car doesn have power after 4000rpm, wrong it turn out to be the egr temp sensor , but what really surprised me whas the fact that i didnt get a mil , and iv been checking my dtc almost every day , and never got a egr code,, could someone shine some light ove here....

I don't know the year of your car, but the following is for a 1992:

dtc71.pdf

Troubleshooting the EGR system, with references to the EGR gas temp sensor.

Hope it helps-

[thieaux]

Thanks Guys , it seems odd that being a california car , it didnt throw a code with the temp sensor disconnected

[wwest]

Does the engine fault light illuminate with the ignition on but no engine start?

[thieaux]

Yeah my mil light is good , i even took the maf out to see and it did turn the mil, so its good

[thieaux]

Guess what , now i have the code 71 , 6months witn the temp sensor disconnected nothing, plugged it last week got the mil last night, i've had it with this car , ill check the temp sensor to see the readings...

[thieaux]

Found the problem dirty temp sensor, it was covered in carbon deposits