That is what they used for the manifolds, they were the same parts they used on the earlier 3.9 and those had EGR. On the 1996 the system was eliminated. That is why those holes are not open and the outer ones are not threaded. There are a few other ways to tell, if the vehicle had EGR from the factory, it will be on the emissions sticker under the hood, and if it had EGR but someone removed it, the check engine light would be on as it would set a few codes. That plus not having the wiring connector or the manifold with the EGR tube or a plugged hole for it are others. If it was built without EGR you cannot add it as the ECM wouldn't be programmed to use it and it will set other codes because of that. Plus if someone has removed it and re-flashed the ECM to remove the codes and programming you would need to reverse all of that for it to work. As for the parts being available, they were used in other applications, just not yours.
Wednesday, December 30th, 2020 AT 11:17 AM