On the road.. help - high egt low power
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On the road.. help - high egt low power
Left Houston with the travel trailer (6000#). And all was well. Doing 60 to 65 in overdrive EGT's around 800. about 1 1/2 hrs into the drive, egts started climbing and power is dropping off. i unplugged the ebpv and wired it open, no change. Checked clamps, thinking boost leak?
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Left Houston with the travel trailer (6000#). And all was well. Doing 60 to 65 in overdrive EGT's around 800. about 1 1/2 hrs into the drive, egts started climbing and power is dropping off. i unplugged the ebpv and wired it open, no change. Checked clamps, thinking boost leak. Hate to do this but got the whole family on the road. Any ideas call me 832-244-0250
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Thanks guys. Air filter is ok, don't see damage to exhaust. I have 6637 filter and 3" dp and TS 6 position chip. Sometimes I can run 63ish in OD 700-800 EGT on flats and 900-1000 climbing small hills, overpasses and such. Other times can't hold 60 at all EGT's pushing 1100 plus. When that happens, I can drop OD and keep EGT's under 1000 and run 60 ish. The trailer is only about 6k#. It is a travel trailer, so it catches alot of wind, and we did drive right through the meeting of 2 storm fronts. This is my first diesel, first travel trailer, and first trip. Am I just expecting too much from a 20 yr old truck and winds?
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If you're still moving I'd personally run it until you actually have a minute to go over it abs actually look at it. Fixing/diagnosing things on the side of the road sucks.
I pulled a 7,500# travel trailer (30' long) through that same area as you about a month and a half ago and was also experiencing high EGTs.
I could actually feel the wind blowing against the truck though. Eventually gave it to trying to hold speed and dropped down to like 45 MPH, OD off, and 1,150* EGTs.
Was like that for an hour, winds dropped, and I picked back up. Have pretty much the same mods as you.
I pulled a 7,500# travel trailer (30' long) through that same area as you about a month and a half ago and was also experiencing high EGTs.
I could actually feel the wind blowing against the truck though. Eventually gave it to trying to hold speed and dropped down to like 45 MPH, OD off, and 1,150* EGTs.
Was like that for an hour, winds dropped, and I picked back up. Have pretty much the same mods as you.
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