Well my warranty has now expired. I want to know what should I do to be sure my truck stays reliable. I am not interested in performance upgrades or more power or increased mpg. I just want my truck to be as reliable as possible. So far I know everyone says to get guages to monitor temps. Suggestions on which monitors to get? Seems most suggest to get an egr delete. What is the best method for this?
I am open to all suggestions. The truck is right at 50,000 miles and is a 2006 F-350. We use it to pull a 9,000lb travel trailer about 10-12 times a year and the rest of the time the truck is driven on short runs. Just looking for suggestions to be sure I am preventing future problems. Thanks

 

Why delete the EGR?

Edge evo, CTS, scangaugeII will do all the temps you mainly need. Although Scangauge II is the best bang for your buck.

50,000 miles is nothing for a 6.0

Monitor ECT and EOT, never want to see more than a 15DEG delta, do all maint and you'll be good to go.

 

thanks 2006powerstroke90,
I had problems with my 04 6.0 with the egr and the turbo vanes sticking. I assume that was from the exhaust being sent back through the engine. Wouldn't the egr delete keep that from happening?

 

98% of egr cooler failures are due to the oil cooler plugging. deleting the egr cooler is deleting the symptom, not the root cause, and if you happen to live where they do or start smog testing, good luck.

 

I was lead to believe that letting a truck sit for long periods of time will cause the vanes to stick.

 

It can and it also depends on how it's driven when it is and also where you live. Relative humidity and temps. Crap shoot is the proper term.

 

Get you a ScanGauge great little unit

put a coolant filter on it
and time to change your coolant anyway at 50K might be time for a Chemical Flush wait till you see what the gauges tell you hate to see you clog a perfictly good oil cooler

put the blue fuel pressure spring in it

then go from there depending on what the SG tells you

as far as the EGR Deleate as long as you get some gauges and Keep the Oil Cooler in Spec theres a 98% chance you wont have an issue with it

But if your like me and just dont want to worrey about it Deleate it with a full EGR Deleate I used Sinister Full EGR Deleate bolted right up and no install issues
A Well Respected Tech told me Theres Nothing to Fail If its gone