I think I've got a bad gasket where the egr valve attaches to the plenum. When I undid the three 14mm bolts that hold the EGR on and detached the flex pipe I was still unable to pull the valve off because of a rod covered in sludge that comes out of the back of the EGR and goes at least 3-5" into the plenum. The rod is about .5" diameter I can't find anything in the FSM or toyodiy that shows what this thing is. I didn't yank on it too hard yet because I want to know what it is first. Should I just pull harder?
Thanks.
Thanks.