2001 Ford Escape HELP!!!

When you say it has blowen 2 egr valves, what happened to them? Also, how many miles are on the vehicle? Has the timing belt ever been replaced?

My truck gasket that was replaced has wholes in them. I also have never had the timing belt replaced.

Was it the EGR or a gasket that blew out? Also, how many miles are on the vehicle?

It was the ERG vavle and I believe that my truck had 37,000 miles or better on it.

The only thing I can think of is a major backfire through the intake. It could be caused by timing, a burnt intake valve, air fuel mixture... Since then, has the same problem happened again?

Yes but I have taken my truck to a dealership and they are talking about a converter... Could that be true?

It could be if the converter is plugged.

Update:

Interestingly enough, you are not the only person having this problem. I have found another one and refered them to our postings. The Ford dealer found a leak in a steel hose going to the exhaust. Check out this posting I started with this customer. He is going to replace the EGR and they are going to check for back pressure (which could be a catalytic converter problem.
Joe

I had the same problem and it was the Cat.Conv. FYI...Ford has a 80,000mi or 8 year warranty on the Cat and some other parts. I had a 2004 with 74,500 miles so it was covered. Lucky me.

Have you ever fixed the problem?

My Escape started missing, low power, and while I was driving, it blew a hole in the EGR steel housing big enough to stick a finger in. I replaced the EGR but this didn't help. I took it to the Dealer and they concluded that the Cat. Conv. was clogged. They replaced it 2 weeks ago and so far so good. But I personally have not fixed a problem like this.

I do remember seeing the same problem a couple years ago. It was related to back pressure.