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Good Reading on your 6.4
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I haven't had the time to go through this article yet, but a couple things stuck out at me. First of all the VGT system on the turbo is an electronically actuated system, not an oil actuated system. There's an actuator motor and electronics that are cooled by the fuel cooler. To be fair it's an easy mistake to make, as the 6.4L is the only engine since 2003 to not use an oil-actuated VGT system.
Secondly, the first category he lists for failure is the oil cooler. Now these are a big deal for the 6.0L, as the oil cooler is plumbed in series with the EGR cooler. Thus a plugged oil cooler can cause the EGR cooler to melt down, leading to hydrolock and engine failure. On the 6.4L this is not the case, as they are plumbed in paralell, so one can't cause the other to fail. I don't remember ever seeing someone come on here with an oil cooler failure, and while I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I'm willing to bet that it's quite rare.
So while there's good information here not everything is exactly correct, which leads me to question the knowledge and accuracy of the rest of the article.
Secondly, the first category he lists for failure is the oil cooler. Now these are a big deal for the 6.0L, as the oil cooler is plumbed in series with the EGR cooler. Thus a plugged oil cooler can cause the EGR cooler to melt down, leading to hydrolock and engine failure. On the 6.4L this is not the case, as they are plumbed in paralell, so one can't cause the other to fail. I don't remember ever seeing someone come on here with an oil cooler failure, and while I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I'm willing to bet that it's quite rare.
So while there's good information here not everything is exactly correct, which leads me to question the knowledge and accuracy of the rest of the article.
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Tom,
I agree! I re-read the article again myself today. I would be concerned with these folks working on my truck. There were several discrepencies in the article.
VGT, EGR, Oil Coolers, Injectors. Reason for oil growth.
I suppose early on it would have been a good article of possible issues but it certainly should have been revised very early.
I agree! I re-read the article again myself today. I would be concerned with these folks working on my truck. There were several discrepencies in the article.
VGT, EGR, Oil Coolers, Injectors. Reason for oil growth.
I suppose early on it would have been a good article of possible issues but it certainly should have been revised very early.
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I haven't had the time to go through this article yet, but a couple things stuck out at me. First of all the VGT system on the turbo is an electronically actuated system, not an oil actuated system. There's an actuator motor and electronics that are cooled by the fuel cooler. To be fair it's an easy mistake to make, as the 6.4L is the only engine since 2003 to not use an oil-actuated VGT system.
Secondly, the first category he lists for failure is the oil cooler. Now these are a big deal for the 6.0L, as the oil cooler is plumbed in series with the EGR cooler. Thus a plugged oil cooler can cause the EGR cooler to melt down, leading to hydrolock and engine failure. On the 6.4L this is not the case, as they are plumbed in paralell, so one can't cause the other to fail. I don't remember ever seeing someone come on here with an oil cooler failure, and while I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I'm willing to bet that it's quite rare.
So while there's good information here not everything is exactly correct, which leads me to question the knowledge and accuracy of the rest of the article.
Secondly, the first category he lists for failure is the oil cooler. Now these are a big deal for the 6.0L, as the oil cooler is plumbed in series with the EGR cooler. Thus a plugged oil cooler can cause the EGR cooler to melt down, leading to hydrolock and engine failure. On the 6.4L this is not the case, as they are plumbed in paralell, so one can't cause the other to fail. I don't remember ever seeing someone come on here with an oil cooler failure, and while I'm not saying it doesn't happen, I'm willing to bet that it's quite rare.
So while there's good information here not everything is exactly correct, which leads me to question the knowledge and accuracy of the rest of the article.
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