EBPV delete concerns
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From: Onlsow, NC
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From: Tucson
I lived in Anchorage, Alaska when I deleted my ebpv and air intake heater. Never had any problems as long as I plugged it in at night. After a 10-12 hour shift I would just baby it until the engine warmed up a little. I just hated driving and the ebpv closing and feeling like it was sapping the power a little.
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From: Amarillo, TEXAS!
It gives you a convenient place to put a reducing bushing for a boost gauge fitting. And you probably have a better chance of getting hit by an ocean liner on a freeway in Nebraska than you do of having the thing actually ever activate. I thought about having it activate with the glow plugs, but in the end I just removed it and plugged the port.
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http://www.dieselsite.com/airintakeheaterplug.aspx
The bottom of this page explains the AIH. RiffRaff also sells the plug, and i've read that a cummings oil drain plug also fits.
The bottom of this page explains the AIH. RiffRaff also sells the plug, and i've read that a cummings oil drain plug also fits.
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It gives you a convenient place to put a reducing bushing for a boost gauge fitting. And you probably have a better chance of getting hit by an ocean liner on a freeway in Nebraska than you do of having the thing actually ever activate. I thought about having it activate with the glow plugs, but in the end I just removed it and plugged the port.
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http://www.dieselsite.com/airintakeheaterplug.aspx
The bottom of this page explains the AIH. RiffRaff also sells the plug, and i've read that a cummings oil drain plug also fits.
The bottom of this page explains the AIH. RiffRaff also sells the plug, and i've read that a cummings oil drain plug also fits.
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From: Amarillo, TEXAS!
I got a plain steel plug at a hydraulics shop for a few bucks for mine. I don't remember for sure, but I want to say it's an M22 x 1.5 mm.
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I've never worked on a cummings so i really don't know. But if you have it lying around it's easy to find out.
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Some people on other forums are claiming that if you plug the pedestal and don't go with a blank one it will starve the turbo from oil. That doesn't add up to me because all I'm doing is gutting the pedestal oil flows through it regardless..... Or am I missing something? I'm going to see if this cummins oil pan plug works here in a second.
