I am sure this has probably been addressed before, but I can't seem to find anything on it.  When I purchased my 86 brat, the EGR valve had just been replaced, and indeed looks brand new.  The guy I bought it from said he thought there was some kind of procedure you had to do to get the light in the console to go out...Is this true?  If so, does anyone know what that procedure is?

 

Thanks in advance...

There is a procedure. It involves connecting two normally open wires under the drivers dash for a few seconds. I don't exactly remember what color the wires are. I think they are white. This was one of the first things I did to my brat, as well. I'll dig into my fsm when I get home if someone doesn't beat me to the punch.

If it's like my 86 wagon, there are 2 pairs of single connectors under the dash. You unook one, connect the other. It's just a switch on the odometer to remind you to check / clean the egr valve.

Thanks to both of you.  I will peek under the dash this weekend and see if I can spot the wires you both referenced.  Subaru nut, do you recall the colors of the wires?

I tried to find them in my FSM.  No luck.  Only that they are there, and the procedure.  It's been way too long for me to remember.  But there was a set of single circuit connectors - 1 pin Male, 1 Female.  And a second set.  The mating sets are the same color.  When you find them, one set will be mated, and the other not.  I think the 4 wires came out of the harness together, so that's a hint.  You have to remove the plastic under dash cover.  [i always ended up removing them, and never putting them back on] The connectors were somewhere near the fuse block.  Not too far up under the dash.

http://www.ultimatesubaru.org/forum/topic/156465-photos-of-the-ea81-egr-warning-light-reset-procedure/

AWESOME!!  Thank you!  I will follow up after I switch them to hopefully convey my success.

SUCCESS!!  A picture is worth a thousand words.  More of a pain than anticipated given the lack of slack provided in the wires, but made it.  Thanks so much everyone!