San Hill
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- Kansas City, MO
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- 2006, XLS
Hi everybody. I'm slowly getting further along to changing my 'Valve Cover' gaskets. I can't get the EGR Valve tubing nut loose. I really don't wanna use penetrants. I've tried rocking the wrench back'n'forth on the nut. I'm not sure this produces any results, it hasn't for me just yet.
My questions are:
1) I only have a 27mm wrench atm which I am using as my tool on the nut. This is just a bit larger, I believe, than the SAE 1 1/4" wrench so the wrench bites the nut a bit loosely. Is this a dealbreaker and the reason I can't get this nut loose?
2) Also, I haven't tried gripping the tube itself with a pair of pliers from fear of hurting the tube. But if I'm gentle it might work. Is that an option?
3) I'm very curious if it's possible to remove just the bolts holding the EGR Valve to it's plating as a means to bypass detatching the tubing from the EGR Valve all together. I think the 2 nuts holding the EGR Valve bolts on the plating do not actually turn. Which is something I've never really seen in my life. So, only the bolts turn and not the nuts. Is this an accurate observation on this design?
1) I only have a 27mm wrench atm which I am using as my tool on the nut. This is just a bit larger, I believe, than the SAE 1 1/4" wrench so the wrench bites the nut a bit loosely. Is this a dealbreaker and the reason I can't get this nut loose?
2) Also, I haven't tried gripping the tube itself with a pair of pliers from fear of hurting the tube. But if I'm gentle it might work. Is that an option?
3) I'm very curious if it's possible to remove just the bolts holding the EGR Valve to it's plating as a means to bypass detatching the tubing from the EGR Valve all together. I think the 2 nuts holding the EGR Valve bolts on the plating do not actually turn. Which is something I've never really seen in my life. So, only the bolts turn and not the nuts. Is this an accurate observation on this design?