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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 09:21 PM
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DPFE Help Please

I have a 1993 F-150 302 (5 l 4x4 and can't find the DPFE. Three Autozone guys could not find it. I give up. Do you know where it is, or who I should ask?

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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 09:26 PM
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You don't likely have a DPFE, you should have a EVP – EGR Valve Position sensor.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 09:46 PM
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I thought those two terms (DPFE and EGR Valve Position Sensor) were pretty much synonymous. I swapped "it" out on my Expy this summer. It was throwing a CE light. IIRC, it was about $17 at Checker.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:10 PM
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Dano's right. You don't have one. You have an EGR valve position sensor. And three Autozone employees who need to be replaced.

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I thought those two terms (DPFE and EGR Valve Position Sensor) were pretty much synonymous. I swapped "it" out on my Expy this summer. It was throwing a CE light. IIRC, it was about $17 at Checker.
DPFE means "Delta Pressure Feedback" and uses exhaust pressure through a silicone hose and other stuff I can't remember. 3.0L Rangers have them, but not the big trucks. Different part than an EVP, but more or less has the same purpose.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:19 PM
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I thought those two terms (DPFE and EGR Valve Position Sensor) were pretty much synonymous.

While they are they are not, they both monitor egr function just do so different ways.

EVP just monitors the valve position, if it opened or not. Easy to disable, just block the tube, if otherwise left intact it'd still pass emissions testing.

DPFE actually monitors the egr flow, it monitors the pressure in the tube on both sides of a small orifice, its hard to fool, can't eliminate it by simply blocking it off. The computer would know and throw a code, fail emissions testing.

Newer models use the DPFE sensors. Expy Explorer I take it? yea they have em, had to replace it on one we had to. That and the egr tube, little more then 17 bucks for it though!
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:51 PM
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[QUOTE=fairlane68;9555907]Dano's right. You don't have one. You have an EGR valve position sensor. And three Autozone employees who need to be replaced.


hahahahahahaha. Agree 100 percent!!!
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:54 PM
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Expy = Expedition

Mine is a '99 with the 5.4L.

This is what I had to swap: Master Pro Ignition 2EPS4 - EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor 1999 Ford Expedition | O'Reilly Auto Parts



It seems to monitor the fore and aft pressures and report to the ECM what the state of the EGR valve is.

My bad....they seem to run between $50 and $60.
 
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Old Nov 13, 2010 | 10:55 PM
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I've seen a few 96 trucks with mass air have them but a sd truck like all the rest of ours don't have a dpfe.
 
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Are EGR Position Sensor and EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor Mutually exclusive?

I can find the EGR Position Sensor on top of the EGR valve. However, Autozone's computers (and web site) list an EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor (DPFE). O'Reilly's web site does not list a EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor.

Can you have both or are they mutually exclusive?

You guys are great. Thanks.
 
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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 05:46 AM
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Follow up question

I can find the EGR Position Sensor on top of the EGR valve. However, Autozone's computers (and web site) list an EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor (DPFE). O'Reilly's web site does not list a EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor.

Can you have both or are they mutually exclusive?

You guys are great. Thanks.
 
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Originally Posted by GA_Forester
I can find the EGR Position Sensor on top of the EGR valve. However, Autozone's computers (and web site) list an EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor (DPFE). O'Reilly's web site does not list a EGR Pressure Feedback Sensor.

Can you have both or are they mutually exclusive?

You guys are great. Thanks.
mutually exclusive

In your case, you have an EVP sensor.
 
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