2nd EGR cooler/need help

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Oct 2, 2011 | 02:00 AM

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Hurricane67

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so i guess im gonna put the delete kit on it and put in a new cooler, but how long can i drive it before it jacks my whole motor up?

Oct 2, 2011 | 08:23 AM

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If you have coolant loss, puking or white smoke and suspect the egr cooler has failed I would not drive it at all. You are risking blowing the head gaskets.

Oct 2, 2011 | 01:31 PM

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If you dont already have blown gaskets you probably will sooner or later.. I would take the heads off and have them checked and reinstall with arp's and new ford gaskets.. i learned the hard way.. after my second egr cooler popped in 56k the head gaskets starting leaking within a year after i had deleted the egr cooler so i then had to pay to get them replaced.. do it all at one time and get it over with..there are also a few other things to check/replace while you are in there.. the techs on here can tell you better than I can about those.. just my 2 cents

Oct 4, 2011 | 07:18 PM

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Originally Posted by cheezit

seen a few. not many though

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Originally Posted by m-chan68

I have only ever seen ONE truck that needed to have both coolers replaced twice, but it was an E-Series that the owners were very guilty of using for very short distance drives and frequent engine shutdowns or extended engine idling, resulting in a VERY badly carbon clogged up second EGR cooler.

Just my .00002 from the outside looking in. If I didn't know anything about my truck and it failed so I took it to the dealer and they charged my 2K to fix then 20K miles later the same problem happened... I may not take it to the same place to get it fixed. I'm not trying to disprove either of you its just my thinking

Oct 4, 2011 | 07:40 PM

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20k is not right after.. my thinking here to the question was right after / shortly there after. once again IMO 20k miles is not it.

Oct 4, 2011 | 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by m-chan68

Well you won't ever see mine but you might hear of it being number two because all my trips are short. I don't turn the truck on and off frequently or idle extensively so maybe that will save me

Oct 4, 2011 | 08:30 PM

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I also put 3 in one truck with in 1000 miles... that was my fault I followed the stupid pinpoint test for p012f. I contacted tech support was advised to repalce it each time. lessons we learn about how stuff works. needless to say p012f is not exactly as it seems to be 100% of the time.