Question about idleing?
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Question about idleing?
I was woundering is the reason for not wanting the 6.0 to idle is that because of the egr valve, So now that my egr wire fell off i really should not have to worry about that or is their a different reason?
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I just had Ford replace my EGR and BPV because of the wierd idle and reverse "chugging" the also reflased it. Works great now but I did ask why the EGR and BPV went out with only 20k on it they gave me the standard answer of no answer.
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I let my truck idle all the time. Such as when I run into the quicky mart or go back into the house. The longest I have let it idle was about 45 minutes. All of our ambulances and squads are powerstrokes both 7.3's and 6.0's and they idle sometimes for an hour or 2 on scenes and we have never had a problem related to extended idleing. When I am up in New Mexico and Colorado and it's cold (10F or below) I do flip my switch for the high idle (1200 rpm's) As of now I have had no problems due to extended idleing.
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I noticed on my 6.0 that when I let it idle in the morning (take trash out, tool around in garage, etc) that it sits right arounf 700rpm. *Sometimes* it will rev up to about 900rpm just sitting there. I have not let it stay that way for longer then 30-45 seconds since I go over and tap the gas and it drops back to 700. This sound normal?
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Awesome. I had a, very, minor concern in the back on my mind abut the idle going up. All this talk about surging and other problems has me a little gun shy on my first diesel. Will break 2k mile this weekend and I love this truck.