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My truck is at the dealer with egr issues now. It's an 08 with 54k miles. I figured I was good till atleast 100k miles before I had issues with this truck I only bought it 2900 miles ago grr. I plan to do egr delete but was waiting till summer because I jut spent a bunch on tuner and exhaust didn't even get to put it on lame... I thought I bought a ford not a dodge
i use my truck for fun and work, sorry its not a payment princess, i should top off my coolant tho thanks
Your EGR issues are probably because of lack of maintance on the coolant system.
Your cap is probably shot and therefore it is puking. Your coolant is low so it is sucking air. Leave it that way too long and you will start cavitation in the front cover...then you have coolant in your oil.
Low coolant also leads to egr cooler failures.
So as you can see it is not a pavment princess requirement but a maintance requirement.
I have 76K on mine and just over 1900 hrs. Most of it towing miles...heavy towing.
Take care of you coolant system and it will take care of you.
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08F250 CC 6.4 PSD
Banks 6 gun/ram air
40' Stoneridge 5th wheel, coming in at 15.4K.
To the guys wanting to do EGR deletes. I did it on mine and gained around 2 mpg, smoother running, and less worries. ALWAYS DO THE EXHAUST BEFORE YOU DO THE EGR. If you do an EGR delete before a DPF delete, it'll frig the DPF system in bad ways and will lead to major DPF problems that could cost you $$$$$ in either the engine or the filter itself.
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Ty (Dukey)
I may be the average teenage Farmer/Rancher, but everything done to my trucks I did myself!
2006 F-250 6.0 POWERSTROKE!!!~~6.GO!!!!!~~4 inch Diamond Eye Turbo Back Exhaust, IPR Research Coolant Filter, XDP EGR Delete, ARP Head Studs & Black Diamond HGs, SCT SF3 3015 tuner, Air Lift Load Lifter 5,000s w/ On Board Compressor System~~
Early 2004 F-250 6.0 POWERSTROKE!!!~~6.GO!!!!!~~ 03 motor, Straight pipe with stock pipe, DFUSER Coolant Filter, River City Diesel EGR Delete, Ranch Hand Grille Guard, Flatbed, Regular Cab...my Cow feeding/farm truck ~~~
2008 F-350 6.4 POWERSTROKE!!!~~Diamond Eye 4 Inch Turbo Back DPF DELETE Exhaust, SCT SF3 3015R Race Tuner, Sinister MFG EGR Delete, AFE High Flow Filter~~NOT A SINGLE REPAIR!!~~~~
JUST SOLD>>400,000 MILES!!!~~1999 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke 6 Speed with AFE Cold Air Intake, Hypertech Max Energy, Air-Lift Load Lifter 5,000s.............and of course a Dixie Horn~~~
You realize you're low on coolant? and have or had a leak at the fitting on the degas.
As seen in this pic too, when you do an EGR delete, not only to you have more engine compartment space from being rid of the coolers, but you also get rid of the tee in this little ole line and it plums just the main line to the bottle then. No tee means less places to leak Just a random fact
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Ty (Dukey)
I may be the average teenage Farmer/Rancher, but everything done to my trucks I did myself!
2006 F-250 6.0 POWERSTROKE!!!~~6.GO!!!!!~~4 inch Diamond Eye Turbo Back Exhaust, IPR Research Coolant Filter, XDP EGR Delete, ARP Head Studs & Black Diamond HGs, SCT SF3 3015 tuner, Air Lift Load Lifter 5,000s w/ On Board Compressor System~~
Early 2004 F-250 6.0 POWERSTROKE!!!~~6.GO!!!!!~~ 03 motor, Straight pipe with stock pipe, DFUSER Coolant Filter, River City Diesel EGR Delete, Ranch Hand Grille Guard, Flatbed, Regular Cab...my Cow feeding/farm truck ~~~
2008 F-350 6.4 POWERSTROKE!!!~~Diamond Eye 4 Inch Turbo Back DPF DELETE Exhaust, SCT SF3 3015R Race Tuner, Sinister MFG EGR Delete, AFE High Flow Filter~~NOT A SINGLE REPAIR!!~~~~
JUST SOLD>>400,000 MILES!!!~~1999 F-350 7.3 Powerstroke 6 Speed with AFE Cold Air Intake, Hypertech Max Energy, Air-Lift Load Lifter 5,000s.............and of course a Dixie Horn~~~
Your EGR issues are probably because of lack of maintance on the coolant system.
Your cap is probably shot and therefore it is puking. Your coolant is low so it is sucking air. Leave it that way too long and you will start cavitation in the front cover...then you have coolant in your oil.
Low coolant also leads to egr cooler failures.
So as you can see it is not a pavment princess requirement but a maintance requirement.
I have 76K on mine and just over 1900 hrs. Most of it towing miles...heavy towing.
Take care of you coolant system and it will take care of you.
wow..pure driving..My truck has 2660 hrs with only 68K...second owner here
topped off coolant today so i will keep an eye on levels in my degas tank. i Also took a rag and cleaned all the dirt off my hoses and caps. The truck has way more power with the new egr valve. Has anyone removed one from thier 6.4 yet by themselves and do you really need a special tool. i was too lazy to do it myself since the valve is $325 from local parts store. Cost me double to let the dealer do it with parts and labor.
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