Day and night difference after cleaning my EGR valve

Finally pulled the EGR valve on my '06 Duramax this weekend and it was caked black with carbon. After a few hours of soaking and scraping, the truck idles smooth as butter and lost that hesitation at 2k rpm. Anyone else put off cleaning one and then kick yourself after?

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wright.michael3mo ago

Holy hell, a few hours just scraping that thing? I would have lost my damn mind after 20 minutes.

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xenan643mo ago

and that's exactly why I noped out of that whole hobby after one try. my cousin tried to get me into it, said it was "meditative" or whatever - i lasted maybe 10 minutes before i was like yeah nah i'm good. i'd rather just watch a youtube video of someone else doing it while i eat chips or whatever.

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