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Old May 18, 2021 | 09:03 PM
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Exhaust light??

Hey new to the forum, Does anyone know what this is? If so do I need it or should I remove it? I have a 2001 F-450 7.3 powerstroke and its has a service bed on it. Before me it was a San Diego gas and electric truck. I took it off and it has no name or info at all. Thanks in advance.


 

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Maybe that was a meter reader truck and it's incase someone got pissed off and pounded a potato up the tail pipe?
 
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You could always look up the website for San Diego gas and electric, send them the picture and ask them what it's for. I'm sure someone will know.
 
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Originally Posted by Retz15
Hey new to the forum, Does anyone know what this is? If so do I need it or should I remove it? I have a 2001 F-450 8.3 powerstroke and its has a service bed on it. Before me it was a San Diego gas and electric truck. I took it off and it has no name or info at all. Thanks in advance.


Take a picture under the truck of the exhaust. That box is common on older trucks that were converted to CA compliant and retrofitted with a DPF filter.
 
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Originally Posted by ford390gashog
Take a picture under the truck of the exhaust. That box is common on older trucks that were converted to CA compliant and retrofitted with a DPF filter.

All I see after the turbo is the muffler


 

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That's not a plan muffler you can see the clamps that hold the center section of a DPF filter as ford360gashog posted. Where does the line that is tapped into the exhaust just in front of the filter go? Also you have a 7.3 Powerstroke not 8.3
 
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Old May 19, 2021 | 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by 2004 F450
That's not a plan muffler you can see the clamps that hold the center section of a DPF filter as ford360gashog posted. Where does the line that is tapped into the exhaust just in front of the filter go? Also you have a 7.3 Powerstroke not 8.3
haha sorry yes it’s a 7.3 I suck at typing on my phone!!

okay that would make sense, I was planing on removing the muffler anyways, so now I will remove the dpf/muffler. Is that sensor in the picture normally there?? I also traced some the wires and removed the light exhaust warning thing.
 
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Well found this, it’s has a ca compliant ECS(emission control strategy)
 
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