hi I'm Mike from 1a auto we've been selling auto parts for over 30 years we're dedicated to delivering quality auto parts expert customer service fast and free shipping all backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee so visit us at one eight or calm your trusted source for quality auto parts in this video we're going to be working with our 2008 chevy equinox 3.4 liter v6 we're going to show you how to remove and replace your EGR and EGR tube together this is for the non updated EGR or the old-style EGR where the new styles will require splicing and modification to the harness as well as the software update from your local GM dealer if you like this video please click subscribe we have a ton more information on this and many other vehicles and if you need parts for your car you can follow the link down in the description over the 1a auto comm here are the items you'll need for this repair remove the oil fill cap grab the bottom portion of the fill tube here turn that counterclockwise as well move that the connector on top of your EGR valve is also going to be in the way of removing your engine cover there's a little plastic tab in here now these are really prone to breaking so I like to push down on that tab with a pick and just remove the safety from the connector completely so we don't risk breaking it and having it be less secure when we reinstall push down on the tab and remove the electrical connector from your EGR and simply pop up remove your engine cover remove the three bolts securing the EGR tube onto both the exhaust manifold and the EGR solenoid we removed top on with a 10 millimeter socket and ratchet use an extension on the bottom too for a little more clearance and we soaked ours in penetrating oil for about 5-10 minutes before we tried this just to make sure that these bolts wouldn't snap remove the gr tube with the EGR tube out of the way remove the two 10 millimeter bolts on the EGR solenoid we'll do this using a 10 millimeter socket and ratchet with the bolts removed you can remove your EGR from the intake manifold I've put the bolts from the EGR through the new valve place the gasket on there to make sure it doesn't move and it's going to make it a lot easier to line this up line up the two bolts start both of those in by hand then we'll tighten those back down with our 10 millimeter socket and ratchet a good trick for lining up this gasket when we install it the holes of the right size you can actually get the threads started into the gasket a little ways will help make sure it doesn't move and we go to install it back onto the exhaust manifold these do rotate and are flexible so we'll set the bottom in just get a couple of threads going there just to keep it pretty close to in place then we'll tweak it and line the top up if we can start that bolt as well again just a couple of threads because we don't want to walk anything down yet once all that started and everything seated we can tighten it all up with our ten millimeter socket and ratchet reinstall the engine cover these bushings sit on top of these two pegs here snap both of those into place reinstall the oil fill tube as well as the cap reconnect the electrical connector for the EGR and again I remove these safety clips pop that back in if you did the same thing thanks for watching visit us at 102 comm for quality auto parts fast and free shipping and the best customer service in the industry