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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:33 PM
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so let me ask you would you say that would be my best option. Im not at all wealthy like a lot of deisel truck owners . i work 14 to 16 hours a day to take care of my family but bout this truck used for somethimng for me
ive alway wanted won. BUt have already done a ton of work to it and need a break. I have been making repairs to it every month . had the truck now for 6 months and have reeplace all brake calibers,pads ,egr,cleaned turbo,exhaust cleaning, back pressuere sensor. ac resistor ,its been hell and now this
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:39 PM
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Originally Posted by skinny29286
so let me ask you would you say that would be my best option. Im not at all wealthy like a lot of deisel truck owners . i work 14 to 16 hours a day to take care of my family but bout this truck used for somethimng for me
ive alway wanted won. BUt have already done a ton of work to it and need a break. I have been making repairs to it every month . had the truck now for 6 months and have reeplace all brake calibers,pads ,egr,cleaned turbo,exhaust cleaning, back pressuere sensor. ac resistor ,its been hell and now this
Well I am far from wealthy as well. Your best option would be to make sure your egr cooler is leaking. As I stated before. If it is then its up to you to delete it. If you do the work yourself then you are looking at a 400- 500 dollars in parts. If you hire someone then it wi be more. It has to be fixed if its broken.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:48 PM
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ok thank you
and you said to park on a hill and remove egr valve and do what then
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:51 PM
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ok thank you
and you said to park on a hill and remove egr valve and do what then
Park on a hill nose down. Pull the egr valve and take a flashlight and look into the intake and see if you can see any moisture. Either in the intake or on the egr valve itself.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 10:56 PM
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Just check the intake to see if its wet after parking nose down for a while.

My cooler was failing for a long time, every time I did this test I never saw coolant in the intake though

Trust me I have spent a lot to keep my truck going. Its not something anyone wants to do but unfortunately the 6.0 has a few design flaws that need fixing.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 11:02 PM
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when yhou say intake you are talking about were the egr comes out right and if i see nothing whats next
but if ido it is deffintly the cooler right
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 11:07 PM
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Correct. Look in the hole itself. You may not see standing coolant but if there is any moisture in there, like gummy carbon or anything you have a bad cooler. You could even put the moisture on your tongue and it will taste like coolant.
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 11:10 PM
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ok thanks i will get back to you on what i find out
 
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Old Jan 2, 2014 | 11:13 PM
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Right on. Dont lose any sleep over it. Good luck.
 
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