I need to check EGR valve, which solenoid valve?? please help
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I need to check EGR valve, which solenoid valve?? please help
My car is a 1991 Non-turbo coupe. Standing on the driver side looking at the engine bay, two solenoid valves on top, and a row of three on the bottom. Which one of these do i apply vacuum pressure to so i can check the EGR while the car is warm/idling. my book does not specify. List five solenoid valves but none of those is listed as the EGR solenoid.
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the FACTORY manuals are here, Foxed.ca - Mazda RX-7 Manuals
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Almost all modern engines have EGR.
EGR is used to reduce NOx emissions. NOx is created when N2 and O2 are subjected to high temperature and pressure, which just happens to be present in an internal combustion engine. As engines started running leaner and with higher compression, NOx emissions shot up. EGR was added because the inert exhaust gas displaced some of the normally available air and lowers combustion temperature.
EGR is relatively useless on a rotary due to the long combustion chamber area. You don't get the localized high pressure areas like you do in a piston engine due to the combustion chamber being long and constantly moving. The rotary engine still produces NOx, but from an engineering and performance standpoint, you are better off throwing a 3 way catalyst and better ECU management at it rather than EGR. Probably why mazda tossed the system on the S5. Even on the S4 you can disable the EGR and still easily pass emissions in Texas (We're pretty strict). If you did this on most piston engines you would most certainly fail.
EGR is used to reduce NOx emissions. NOx is created when N2 and O2 are subjected to high temperature and pressure, which just happens to be present in an internal combustion engine. As engines started running leaner and with higher compression, NOx emissions shot up. EGR was added because the inert exhaust gas displaced some of the normally available air and lowers combustion temperature.
EGR is relatively useless on a rotary due to the long combustion chamber area. You don't get the localized high pressure areas like you do in a piston engine due to the combustion chamber being long and constantly moving. The rotary engine still produces NOx, but from an engineering and performance standpoint, you are better off throwing a 3 way catalyst and better ECU management at it rather than EGR. Probably why mazda tossed the system on the S5. Even on the S4 you can disable the EGR and still easily pass emissions in Texas (We're pretty strict). If you did this on most piston engines you would most certainly fail.
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so the EGR valve is a big redundant, its like bringing sand to the beach...
egr made a comeback on the rx8 tho.... whom has to meet stricter emissions then the 7.