Hello all, I bought my first diesel this week, so needless to say i'm an idiot when it comes to them. I put my scan gauge 2 on it and it tells me my ECT is 188 - 195 and my EOT is 220 -235 on a 70 deg at 65mph no buzzers or indicator lights are on. It had the oil pan gasket replaced and the 4 injectors on the left bank replaced. it has 110k on it atm do i need to do something or am i ok? any knowledge would greatly help. there seems to be varying opinions on my numbers.

Thanks in advance!
Bota

 

You need to verify the SGII is reading temps right

check ECT and EOT after 12hour cold soak those temps need to be within 1-2 degrees of each other

If SGII is Reading right you need a New Oil cooler ASAP especialy if it has the square EGR Cooler

Whatever numbers you want to go by that you post here are more than 15* and thats FORD SPEC MAX apart your smallest Delta was 25*

Make shure to verify SGII accuricy though

What year??????????

 

It is a 2006 F350 DRW

 

How do i verify my scan gauge?

 

and what is a 12 hr cold soak? (sorry but i am trying to learn on the fly)

 

Square EGR Cooler then as long as the Previous owner Didnt deleate it

Do you know how to check if that egr cooler is there????

the egr cooler is usually the first thing to blowout when oil cooler plugs


Also start thinking about a coolant filter its the Sh!! in the coolant side of OIL COOLER that Plugs it





Let the truck sit for 12hours minimum COLD SOAK Do Not Run it for 12 hours then check ECT and EOT temps right at Startup they need to be within 1-2 degrees of each other

 

Are you with me Yet???^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^cold soak thing?????????


Sorrey you got someone elses Headache did you buy this from a Dealer???

 

No i do not know how to check for egr cooler, i will get one of these coolant filters asap and i will let it cold soak for 12 hrs. LoL i haven't even owned it 12 hrs yet. Thank you for the help.

 

yes, I had a V10 2007 but it was not big enough for our camper. so we went a little bigger. It seems to run great atm. Just wanting to keep it that way.

 

I had my scan gauge on my v10 so i just reset it to it's default settings

 

I am with you now

do the cold soak thing 2 morrow or whatever but figure it out soon

The problem is when oil cooler plugs it starves the EGR Cooler of Coolant so all the Hot EGR Gasses go into it and Melt the soider Joints in the EGR Cooler NOT GOOD

When EGR Cooler Fails it dumps coolant into the intake manafold and finds it way to the Cylinders and can Hydrolock and or Blow the HeadGaskets out

Maybe you Knew that IDK just making shure you know whats at Stake at this point in time

Hang on I will post a pic of wheere the Egr cooler is Located
The reason I bring up the EGR Deleate is if the EGR Cooler has been deleated it will buy you some time since Part of the WEAK Link is NOT in Play

Do you need all the X-Gauge codes ????? for the custom 6.0L Gauges

 

Here you go this where to look for EGR Cooler

Bottom picture and #2



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Hey Bota, since your ECT has not gone over 195 that shows your oil cooler is mostly clogged or fully clogged.

I went through this with my 2005 6L excursion. i would see 190 ect and up to 228 driving on the interstate without my TT. Start pulling my 8k TT and those temps would go to 190-194 ect and 265eot. all with no check engine light on the dash.

My truck now has 1500 miles on a new longblock and oil cooler and in normal driving the two temps stay within 4 degrees of each other. When pulling my TT up a steep grade I saw 215 ect and 222 eot with a peak of 1450 egts.

If you keep the truck, I would bet you will run into trouble as soon as you start towing.

Good luck, I suggest you return the truck if you can or see if you can get the selling dealer to cover an oil cooler replacement. (which will be over $1500 or so) as its $400+ for the cooler plus gaskets, coolant, oil, and it takes 8+ hours in labor hours.

 

OK Just ordered an egr delete kit and a new cooler. A friend is going to install it for a steak dinner. I didn't think that was an offer i could pass up.

 

Thats a great Deal

So you checked and still had a egr cooler???

Before you change the Oil cooler you need to flush the Hell out of cooling system and use VC-9 Cleaner from ford

read this

http://api.viglink.com/api/click?for...13386069384634


The good flush of cooling system is quite involved to do it good and right But must be done to enshure the new Oil cooler dont plug again

Iv seen guys on there 4th oil cooler bad mouthing Ford and come to find out they never cleaned cooling system they was there own enemy

I flushed good once 8hr pullen block drains vc-9 with thermostat out set to high Idel (1100rpm) for an hour and many distilled water flushes then ran a cooolant filter for 5K and then did another aggressive round of flushing right B4 oil cooler change

the Better you clean it the more likly you will never have to do this again

Make shure to get the screen for under oil cooler and a turbo hardware kit

I change Intake gaskets Im Anel that way but you can reuse them

I also went with ELC Cat EC-1 Silicate Free rated look below in my sig for brand Oreiyles got it for me there are diffrent types that are fine to just have to have the rating I mention here

ELC= Extended Life Coolant