Did the mechanic pull the intake manifold and clean the passages in it from the head to the base of the EGR? That could be worth ~$260 
BIZARRE end to the hunting/stumbling idle issue on my ‘95.
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A Delphi(for example) is $130.00, add markup, labor and mysterious theoryDid the mechanic pull the intake manifold and clean the passages in it from the head to the base of the EGR? That could be worth ~$260
=$260.00.
L31MaxExpress
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AC Delco is not OEM, OEM is OEM. OEM can cost 2x what AC Delco garbage parts cost. AC Delco is a parts distributor, not manufacturer. Rochestor Products made several of the OEM EGR valves I have at the shop. AC Delco is mostly cheap Chinese garbage from the absolute lowest bidder. AC Delco caps and rotors would never last more than 6 months on the van. I used Mercruiser caps and rotors for the longest until they changed to cheap crap too. Some AC Delco is great and reboxed pieces from Delphi and a few other, but most is cheap junk.
Cleaning them rarely works because it is the diaghram that starts leaking.
You cannot bench test an EGR with accurate results.
Cleaning them rarely works because it is the diaghram that starts leaking.
You cannot bench test an EGR with accurate results.
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L31MaxExpress
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ABSOLUTELY ARE NOT THE SAME PARTS! Been down this same road with Knock sensors too.
L31MaxExpress
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These are for the same TBI 5.7L application.
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Did you even open the link? GM says they're OEM, and I'm gonna go with what the OEM says is OEM rather than some angry kid yelling on the internet. Doesn't get much more plain than this:
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If they are already junk, agreed, but if you keep them clean they’ll last longer. It is a maintenance part.
L31MaxExpress
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Well I have actually compared the parts, both in hand and they are different. OEM works like OEM. AC Delco is all over the place. So keep on sniffing the glue. I am also not a kid, so get off your high horse.
L31MaxExpress
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I opened the link, then I posted both part numbers and pictures of both parts from RockAuto, confirming what I said before. They are not the same.
