Dang!!! I've been having some EGR CEL issues lately myself. Local shop said it would be 2 -3 hrs labor just to get to the EGR valve to see if it could be cleaned, from your post it doesn't look like it should take that long. How long did it take you to clean it? Did everything come apart relatively easily? Thanks.

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