"Bulletproofed" EGR Cooler
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"Bulletproofed" EGR Cooler
So the previous owner said there was a "bulletproofed" EGR cooler on the truck, it was installed before he bought it (I am 3rd owner). Neither of us are sure what that means (if he bought a supposedly "fail-proof" cooler or if he has had the cooler plated on the ends). I need to install a new oil cooler so here in next couple of weeks I will pull it off and make sure of what it is, but right now I don't know. The question is if I just unplug the EGR valve and turn it off on my programmer will it do engine damage if the EGR cooler is not blocked off?
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Here you go. If you look at the pictures of the stock vs "bulletproofed" you can see that the stock egr is just aluminum fins (like your radiator) and the upgrade has steel tubes. I put one on my old '04 while I was changing out the oil cooler. The stock ones tend to crack over time due to the hot exhaust gasses.
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'Bulletproof' is a brand that offered the stronger tube style coolers as well as other things, was it not? Now you can get the same tube style coolers from Autozone. Its become a very misleading term. So now when someone says they have a bulletproofed truck, you dont really know what they are exctly implying. Also, people like to say they have things that they dont if its hard to actually verify. In this case, verifying is tearing the top of the engine down.
Also, you never mentioned why you wanted to unplug it? Is there a reason? It doesn't effect your oil cooler because the coolant is fed from the oil cooler to the EGR cooler.
Unplugging the EGR valve will effectively stop the function of the EGR system. If you turn it off on your tuner, you won't get the check engine light. It wont hurt anything, but it wont help anything either.
EGR system is designed to do a number of things, mostly good for your engine. Read up a bit.
EGR Deletes - Is it worth it?
Also, you never mentioned why you wanted to unplug it? Is there a reason? It doesn't effect your oil cooler because the coolant is fed from the oil cooler to the EGR cooler.
Unplugging the EGR valve will effectively stop the function of the EGR system. If you turn it off on your tuner, you won't get the check engine light. It wont hurt anything, but it wont help anything either.
EGR system is designed to do a number of things, mostly good for your engine. Read up a bit.
EGR Deletes - Is it worth it?
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