EGR valve Replaced
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EGR valve Replaced
So it happened about a month ago. My CEL light came on and before i could take it into the dealership to have it checked, it turned off. Although the code was stored in memory my advisor told me nothing could be done warrenty wise until the light came back on. So once the light came back on i managed to get the truck down there and sure enough, it was a P0401 and P2457 both relating to my dreaded EGR valve. 
By the end of it it turned out that i needed a totally new EGR Valve (as the left bank was completely blocked out) and new bypass valve and a totally new EGR Cooler well.
Im just so sad that this has happened. I mean i make it a habbit of opening it up when i drive it, like my advisor has recomended, idel as low as possible, and im a stickler for checing my operating hour/idel hour timer. I just can see how this is happening. Has anybody else come across this problem?
By the end of it it turned out that i needed a totally new EGR Valve (as the left bank was completely blocked out) and new bypass valve and a totally new EGR Cooler well.
Im just so sad that this has happened. I mean i make it a habbit of opening it up when i drive it, like my advisor has recomended, idel as low as possible, and im a stickler for checing my operating hour/idel hour timer. I just can see how this is happening. Has anybody else come across this problem?
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You're the first EGR and EGR cooler problem I have seen, and I watch for it since my company lost an '08 engine due to a blown EGR cooler.
Hopefully you will be able to relax and just drive the truck how you want rather than be paranoid about it.
Hopefully you will be able to relax and just drive the truck how you want rather than be paranoid about it.
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she has 22 000 km on her, now i will admit that i haven't been able to do any heavy towing or hauling regularly with her, but i do open it up and avoid over excessive idoling.
now as for the bad fuel, im very stringy when it comes to fueling, and i ensure to only get my fuel from the same company (cheveron) and also the same location everytime. Im willing to wager though that it isn't my fuel at all. When i talked to the dealership about this, they actually told me that thats what the whole NOX upgrade is adressing esspecially in sd's built in 2010 with 6.7L
I was told that the entire left bank in the EGR was clogged right up.
now as for the bad fuel, im very stringy when it comes to fueling, and i ensure to only get my fuel from the same company (cheveron) and also the same location everytime. Im willing to wager though that it isn't my fuel at all. When i talked to the dealership about this, they actually told me that thats what the whole NOX upgrade is adressing esspecially in sd's built in 2010 with 6.7L
I was told that the entire left bank in the EGR was clogged right up.
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