Wont pass emissions?

[SouthSide Tay]

i have an 03 accord 2.3 vtec auto and it WILL NOT pass emissions is there any way to get it too pass? its throwing a checking engine light for EGR and i replaced it and clean the egr port but it still seems to be throwing the check engine light. Am i missing something? any suggestions.

[Barefoot]

so is it still throwing the same code or a different 1. did u do a full egr port clean.

[blackshine007]

What was the EXACT code? You might have replaced the EGR for nothing. I hope you still have your old EGR.

[SouthSide Tay]

it is still throwing the egr code and yess i did keep the old one. its my moms car im just fixing it for her cus her tag is outta date

[blackshine007]

Ok. Let me be clear. There's at least 4 different codes dealing with the EGR. There's a P0400 EGR flow malfunction, P0401 EGR insufficient flow, P0402 excessive flow, P0403 EGR flow circuit malfunction. There's more. Like 6 more. What's the exact code, please?

[EK Hotch]

you have to be very exact. Just because a code will have the letters EGR in it doesn't mean that the EGR valve is bad. Hell, those things rarely(well, kinda rarely) go bad. Did you remove the little plugs that look like welch/freeze plugs to clean the EGR ports?

[SouthSide Tay]

you have to be very exact. Just because a code will have the letters EGR in it doesn't mean that the EGR valve is bad. Hell, those things rarely(well, kinda rarely) go bad. Did you remove the little plugs that look like welch/freeze plugs to clean the EGR ports?
damnit man i had the code written down but i lost it i will find it soon. and NO i didnt clean the welch?freeze plugs that will be the next thing but i will post the code soon.

[HatchHero]

I work at Honda Carland and if you change the egr and did everything you needed to do u need to come see me and i will reset the light for you! if it comes back on obviously something else is wrong

[SouthSide Tay]

okay i found the code its P0401????? EGR flow insufficient? need help asap my moms is ridding around dirty withoutta date tags.

[blackshine007]

The code means that the EGR valve is fine, more than likely the passages are clogged.

[SouthSide Tay]

yeah i figured as much but i did what she wanted me too and that was change th egr

[blackshine007]

So if she said to take a knife and stab yourself in the kidney because you had a kidney stone, you'd do that too? Or will you find out why you have a kidney stone?