Bad EGR?

Tiny
SPIERCE
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  • 1999 FORD TAURUS
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 88,000 MILES
I have a ford taurus that is very sluggish to respond when you hit the gas pedal. The Service Engine Soon light is on, and I took it to Autozone and they said it was a bad egr valve, however when I replaced it, it still does the same thing, only not as bad. It did help bt not very much at all. My gas mileage has gone down the drain.
Saturday, June 20th, 2009 AT 10:11 PM

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Tiny
BMRFIXIT
  • MECHANIC
  • 19,053 POSTS
DPFE sensor is more common failure
than the valve it self
what was the code?
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009 AT 7:50 AM
Tiny
SPIERCE
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Well I did a tune up on it, and while I had the intake manifold off of it I cleaned it out real well, and also put new spark plug wires on it nd it is working now. The Service Engine Soon light is out and it is running alot better. I really dont know what actually fixed it, I think that it could of been the spark plug wires, I think that about 2 or 3 of the wires in the back were not even on for some reason. But you could never really check them with the manifold on. Thanks though for your help.
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Sunday, June 21st, 2009 AT 10:13 PM

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