Shawn, the problem that Andre' runs into, is that when it is time for an oil change.........He buys a new truck.......:-hair

I just like to take stuff apart and hope I can put it back together, lol. I'll never forget when my wife came home to the intake and turbo to my 6.0L on her kitchen table. She was really upset after that. I guess my blue tarp for table protection didn't do much for the smell of diesel fuel in her kitchen for a few days :-missingt

So far I'm loving the truck and it sure is nice to get some helmet time in. I was pretty concerned, but the rest of the month looks good.

I had my last truck longer than you did buddy! 4 years!!!

Too funny:-X04:-X04:-X04

I love to tinker and used to do a lot of my own work on the older cars but these new motors require too much computer equipment to diagnose and fix things. Plus there isn't room for me to even stick my fingers in the engine bay of the 6.7 - hard to even check the oil without a step ladder. Got to pull the grill to change a headlight bulb. Just no room in there at all.:-X18

As far as working on the kitchen table-nope not going there.:-X21

I hate the regens on the 2015 truck, Wished they would go back to the 2011 programming. I was coming home last night, hauling 4 horses. 20 miles from home home,Active Regen kicks in, I look at the Edge CTS and my Soot load is .94%. That is lower than where a normal regen usually terminates. Usually it starts a regen around 2.74-3.5% and cleans down to 1.14% or there abouts and shuts off. Why it's starting at .94 and going down to .65% and then shutting off has no rhym or reason. It's already cleaner than a normal regen gets it just from the Passive regen of towing.

Had a great weekend in 70° temps riding the horses. Horses were happy to have dry feet after standing in mud and melting snow for the last month. It's nice to have some desert areas within a short drive during the winter months.

These photos are all on the southern edge of Zion National Park in Southern Utah.

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Had one horse slip and go down on some slick rock. Rider got banged up a bit and we spent 4 hours in ER room waiting for CT Scan and doctor to review it. Doc said we must have brought the whole northern half of the state south for the weekend. And everybody was in the ER room. Saw a teenage soccer player get a cast on his ankle. Saw a teenage girl softball player get broken are casted. Another teen age girl looked like she had caught a soccer ball with her nose. Another young boy had rolled an ATV and of course my buddy couldn't remember most of the afternoon after having a horse fall on him. CT scan was negative. Doc said he would be fine in a day or two. He woke up feeling very stiff and beat up the next morning. I just happened to take a photo as the horse fell.

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Wow.........
Up until Now........I was trading trucks when it was getting close to tire replacement.....3 yrs.........:-X04:-X04


1973......rebuilt automatic transmission out of a Toyota Corolla on the kitchen floor.......:)

Looks like some great riding. Ouch - don't want a horse on me. Glad horse and rider turned out OK. That can be pretty scary.

Regens just don't bother me much. I pretty much ignore them. Only time I know I'm having one is when my mileage drops to 13.:-arrgh

Jon.......Mighty fine pictures......:-X22
Thank You.

Good to hear that your friend is Ok.....
I assume the horse is ok.

Jon great pics! Glad your buddy is alright. Hope the horse is alright too.

Beautiful scenery!! I sincerely hope both the rider and the horse are ok!

Nice pics... Sorry your buddy and the horse slipped/tripped PH. Glad both should be fine too.

Reason FIATS take a long time to preheat is that they do not have glow plugs... Just a grid heater that heats the intake air. The positive is that none of those trucks had ever grenaded a motor due to a glow plug tip breaking off.

I don't like the regen strategy in the 2015 either. I think that they changed it to reduce the chances of getting plugged up DPFs for those that do not drive a lot. It's the only think I can think of. I was probably one of the worst use cases and I never saw a drive to clean message on my 2011 either...

G2G
 

Back later..........Off to get the kid. School lets out at 1515 hrs.........

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You are late, it's 4:47pm here.

Thanks DAK!