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Oct 25, 2010 | 09:01 PM

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naw I wasnt scared at all

Oct 25, 2010 | 09:22 PM

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Looking for anyones opinion. If you have a very low mileage truck, you fix the head gaskets, use good head bolts/studs, egr cooler is good and you don't modify for more hp, but plan to tow a camper about 50% of the time. I do not punish my trucks! Should I expect a mostly trouble free engine or is it just the luck of the draw?

Oct 25, 2010 | 09:28 PM

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probably depends on the headstud install and if the really check the heads

Oct 25, 2010 | 09:29 PM

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so much more depends on correct maintace then anything else.

Oct 25, 2010 | 09:33 PM

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that

and they are no fun to drive without tunes

Oct 25, 2010 | 09:38 PM

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I'm all over the maintenace side of things so I've got that covered. How often does the turbo need to be cleaned and what degree of experience is needed to tackle the project?

Oct 25, 2010 | 09:39 PM

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when it sticks, a bachelor of science.

Oct 25, 2010 | 09:58 PM

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I'm hoping to avoid the sticking issue with the maint.

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Oct 25, 2010 | 10:22 PM

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Make sure you have gauges and can monitor ECT/EOT or have the latest flash that keeps an eye on ECT/EOT spread and sets the wrench light if it exceeds 15 degrees differential. Otherwise, you can have undetected oil cooler plugging which eventually leads to EGR cooler failure due to restricted coolant flow to the EGR cooler. Then you have a potential host of more problems. Personnaly, I'd delete the EGR cooler while I was in there doing the HGs. Then you would have have close to a bullet proof motor IMO.

Oct 25, 2010 | 10:39 PM

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Please excuse my ignorance but I don't know all of the abbreviations. what is the ECT/EOT?

Oct 26, 2010 | 07:30 AM

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Please excuse my ignorance but I don't know all of the abbreviations. what is the ECT/EOT?

Engine coolant tempature/engine oil tempature. ECT/EOT

Oct 26, 2010 | 09:16 AM

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Cheezit, I talked to the serv mngr and ARP studs is what he will install for about $400. Also thanks to ljutic for the ECT/EOT info. That was simpe enough, I just wasn't sure if it had to do with exhaust temps.

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