Can someone please give me an estimate on how much it should cost to clean the EGR ports? Just a rough figure would work. Thanks for your help!!

 

One hour (or less) shop labor plus a gasket.

Ask your shop for a more exact estimate. Shop rates can run anywhere from $60-$120/hr depending on where you are and what the local market will bear.

Steve

 

I had to clean my egr ports because my check engine light was on. I was getting code p0701 (low egr gas flow). Unplugged the battery for 30 minutes to reset the computer. Hasn't come on since. Took an hour to do and 2 cans of carb cleaner. Parts cost me about $20 total if you include the carb cleaner. I replaced the Throttle body gasket, intake gasket, and EGR valve gasket. While I was there I went ahead and replaced the egr valve($90) as well but wasn't necessary. The EGR ports were 100% clogged with 80000 miles on the engine. Do it yourself and save the money. I am no mechanic and it was a piece of cake. Have 200 miles on engine since I did the cleaning and runs great with no engine light on yet.

Eric

 

Do it yourself.....it's really easy. Start at the air filter and remove everything to the top of the engine, just reassemble everything the same way you took it apart.
Clean anything that has carbon on it.
I do mine about every 75k miles and I've never had any issues. My truck now has 261k miles on it.

 

Very easy job. I have a 97 and did it around 120k miles when my check engine came on. Same code being thrown. Mine were so clogged I actually had to take a small drill bit and drill out the carbon deposits to loosen them up. You have to take it off to get to it properly.