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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:23 PM
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Problem after headgaskets

I just had headgaskets(oem) studs, egr delete,oil cooler done on my 06 plus water pump cause the gasket blew. I have a sct livewire hooked up monitoring everything and tonight i noticed that the eot and ect's were way off. fully warmed up and rolling 65 Anywhere from 40*-50* out it was eot-156 and ect-172. Degas bottle was at the normal level.

Im also having issues with the fuel gauge. Every now and then the gauge will go to E and the miles to E will display ---. Turn the truck off and back on it works again. Im half assuming its the plug on the sending unit or the sending unit itself. Kind of looking for conformation there.


Im having trouble figuring out what the problem is with the deltas so any help would be appreciated.

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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:35 PM
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How long were you driving?
 
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 10:37 PM
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Couple few hours
 
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 11:06 PM
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156 EOT and 172 ECT isn't fully warmed up, unless sensors are bad. Check the cold soak temps of the sensors and report back.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 11:12 PM
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And I'd change the t-stat.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 11:14 PM
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Originally Posted by truckrider814
I just had headgaskets(oem) studs, egr delete,oil cooler done on my 06 plus water pump cause the gasket blew. I have a sct livewire hooked up monitoring everything and tonight i noticed that the eot and ect's were way off. fully warmed up and rolling 65 Anywhere from 40*-50* out it was eot-156 and ect-172. Degas bottle was at the normal level.

Im also having issues with the fuel gauge. Every now and then the gauge will go to E and the miles to E will display ---. Turn the truck off and back on it works again. Im half assuming its the plug on the sending unit or the sending unit itself. Kind of looking for conformation there.


Im having trouble figuring out what the problem is with the deltas so any help would be appreciated.

Thanks
After an overnight cold soak what do the ECT, EOT and TFT read? Should all read very close to one another.
 
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Old Mar 25, 2015 | 11:47 PM
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I'll check em in the morning. An excuse my ignorance but what's TFT?
 
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 12:51 AM
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I'll check em in the morning. An excuse my ignorance but what's TFT?
Transmission fluid temp
 
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 05:30 AM
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Eot-70. Ect-72. TFT-65
 
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 06:34 AM
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I just ordered a new 200* thermostat from XDP(only 56 bucks) So when that comes in i'll install it ive been doing more reading and realized the temps aren't getting to where theyre suppose to be and since i just had the gaskets and cooler done it's most likely the tstat.
 
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Do you have the BPD oil cooler? bad thermostat or not The EOT should be more than the ECT. The EOT and the ECT sensor are one of the same. Personally I would swap the sensors and see what happens.
 
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The oil cooler is from Rudy's diesel
 
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 01:11 PM
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The oil cooler is from Rudy's diesel
Did you get the oem one or the sinister cooler with the master kit?
 
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Originally Posted by KIDkiser
Did you get the oem one or the sinister cooler with the master kit?
oem. Sorry should've put that
 
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Old Mar 26, 2015 | 02:03 PM
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Thermostat should have been replaced with the head gaskets and water pump.
 
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