check engine light Options

[6strngs]

so, the check engine light on my car lit up. The car still ran fine and everything, I stopped and restarted a couple times today with no problems with anything, everything seemed normal. I think I know what caused it. about a week or two ago, I decided to unplug the hose connecting the EGR to it's source of vacuum. I read about it on mr2oc.com in one of the threads about NA 5sfe power. anyway, after driving around like that for a while, I decided that there was no noticable difference and it just made a wierd sound before 3-4K rpms and might've also been giving me a slightly high idle. so I decided to plug it back in today. but after I did, I noticed that after a while that the yellow light that had lit up on my dash wasn't the fuel light like I thought, but the check engine light. I wanted to get a paper clip and see if I could get a code for it, but I was with my girlfriend today, so I was... occupied. So I was gonna check it right after I got home from dropping her off, but the light went off on my way home. so, the question is, could it have been from reconnecting the EGR? and why would it throw the light to reconnect it? if anything, wouldn't it have thrown the light by disconnecting it?

[6strngs]

well, I just disregarded it because it went away. but it came back again today, so I went out and checked it. code 71, which is for the EGR. so I went out, and checked all the hoses and everything, it should be fine! I might try to disconnect the battery to reset the computer to see if that's all it needs. if not, then I have no idea! all I did was unplug the EGR for a while, then I plugged it back in exactly where it came out of...