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Originally posted by FordBum:
Okay, I went ahead and pulled the upper intake off and found my P0401 problem, I think. The little channel where the egr gas goes back into the manifold was completely gunked up with carbon deposits. I went ahead and had the upper intake dunked to clean it all out.
How big (in diameter) is this EGR "channel" that you are talking about. I would like to clean it out by removing the throttle body, but I want to know what size pipe cleaner I will need.

1996 Contour SE Sedan 4D (Royal Blue)
Duratec V6 2.5L 24-valve DOHC
Automatic
75,000 miles
No Mods (unless you call the DMD a mod)
Replaced EGR valve (gunked up), EVR (EGR VR), PCV valve, and evaporative emissions hose (cracked).