wouldn't start and was acting weird before hand, had a diesel mechanic listen to what i was talking bout so he troubleshooted it and came up with that. But I cant get a hold of him now, he's up in alaska for a bit for work...of course.. and Im def no mechanic....

 

This is true ? need to get a some sort of scan gauge to read live data

good point too Benny get the EGR Valve pulled most likely its gummed up by soot

 

Just some food for thought, I had similar symptoms with fuel filters that were only 6,000 miles old and they were bad. Might not be a bad idea to change them out before you spend more money on a more expensive gamble.