Has anyone ever....?
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: 'Pitlock, Maine
Has anyone ever....?
...just discontinued (by passed with the downpipe) Blocked off the EGR cooler and left it in place? If the hot exhaust is no longer going through the EGR but the coolant still is why would this not be acceptable? or maybe it is? Or am I missing something altogether?
...would someone in the know please explain..even if it IS a stupid question. Thanks
...would someone in the know please explain..even if it IS a stupid question. Thanks
Mountain Pass
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From: Cape Coral USA
not a stupid question. Blocking off the EGR cooler and leaving it in place is perfectly acceptable and even a preferred method. With the Delete kits there is a history of the Y pipe cracking after approx 15000 mi without the support of the EGR cooler. A write up on this that can be found at FICMrepair.com
Ed would be happy to explain this to you as it happened to him.
here is a good video about EGR deletes from PowerstrokeHelp:
Ed would be happy to explain this to you as it happened to him.
here is a good video about EGR deletes from PowerstrokeHelp:
Mountain Pass
Joined: Nov 2002
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From: Cape Coral USA
not a stupid question. Blocking off the EGR cooler and leaving it in place is perfectly acceptable and even a preferred method. With the Delete kits there is a history of the Y pipe cracking after approx 15000 mi without the support of the EGR cooler. A write up on this that can be found at FICMrepair.com
Ed would be happy to explain this to you as it happened to him.
here is a good video about EGR deletes from PowerstrokeHelp:
Ed would be happy to explain this to you as it happened to him.
here is a good video about EGR deletes from PowerstrokeHelp:
I would have preferred having the EGR welded shut but under the circumstances my truck was down for an oil cooler R/R and could get the EGR delete installed for free at same time. I'm just hoping the Y-pipe holds up for long time.
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: 'Pitlock, Maine
not a stupid question. Blocking off the EGR cooler and leaving it in place is perfectly acceptable and even a preferred method. With the Delete kits there is a history of the Y pipe cracking after approx 15000 mi without the support of the EGR cooler. A write up on this that can be found at FICMrepair.com
Ed would be happy to explain this to you as it happened to him.
here is a good video about EGR deletes from PowerstrokeHelp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcaV74zTJh0
Ed would be happy to explain this to you as it happened to him.
here is a good video about EGR deletes from PowerstrokeHelp:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcaV74zTJh0
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Fleet Mechanic
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From: 'Pitlock, Maine
Thanks for that info.
Mountain Pass
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From: Cape Coral USA
Thanks for the video link.....I like the stealth delete as well as anything I've seen. That being said, the guy in video lost me when he said the puck in the up-pipe and leaving it connected to the EGR cooler was a bad Idea but welding it shut, hooking everything back up and leaving the EGR cooler in place was a good idea? Either way the up-pipe is supported by the EGR cooler connection so that confused me. My thoughts on this is that by using the puck to block the EGR cooler you don't have to tear down the top of the engine to eliminate the hot gases from cracking the cooler. It seems like a no brainer??? But again I'm probably missing something.
Btw, I've read that some folks pounded a freeze plug into the egr cooler rather then welding it.
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From: 'Pitlock, Maine
I wondered about the same thing. The only thing i could think was that a plate between the up pipe and egr cooler caused extra stress on the y pipe where as welding the egr cooler closed left everything as was.
Btw, I've read that some folks pounded a freeze plug into the egr cooler rather then welding it.
Btw, I've read that some folks pounded a freeze plug into the egr cooler rather then welding it.
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