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Aug 28, 2014 | 09:49 PM

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RM2738

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I just had to bump this thread for some entertainment.

Aug 29, 2014 | 07:29 PM

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bubbasz1

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It is a good post, the guys had it pretty much correct before it happened.

Aug 29, 2014 | 08:35 PM

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slowmans

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Whats an exhaust filter?

Aug 29, 2014 | 08:54 PM

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RM2738

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Whats an exhaust filter?

I was kind of hoping someone could answer that for me. My 2010 doesn't seem to have one.

Aug 29, 2014 | 11:55 PM

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78fordman

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It did. Also called the dpf. It's why these trucks regen, to clean it out.

Aug 30, 2014 | 06:26 AM

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bubbasz1

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Mine seems to be missing also, they must have been in short supply when they started the 2008 build and mine got left off.
Buggers!

Aug 30, 2014 | 07:48 AM

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RM2738

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Originally Posted by bubbasz1

Mine seems to be missing also, they must have been in short supply when they started the 2008 build and mine got left off.
Buggers!

Haha!

Mine is one if the last 6.4's off the line, they must have ran out of them in my case.

Aug 31, 2014 | 06:24 PM

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bubbasz1

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Originally Posted by RM2738

Haha!

Mine is one if the last 6.4's off the line, they must have ran out of them in my case.

LOL,
We must have a couple of misfits.

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Sep 14, 2014 | 09:27 AM

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JR58

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Yeah well mine is still there and doing it's evil work

Sep 14, 2014 | 11:58 AM

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muntu

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hey bigwrench...you still around?

where did you get that picture in 2005...did you time travel?

Sep 14, 2014 | 04:21 PM

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73fan

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Very interesting read. I sometimes wonder what will be introduced next.

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Sep 14, 2014 | 06:46 PM

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bubbasz1

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Originally Posted by JR58

Yeah well mine is still there and doing it's evil work

Yours must be a 2009, they didn't leave anything off. Pity! Somebody can probably fix that for you.

Sep 15, 2014 | 10:04 AM

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JR58

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bubbasz1

Yours must be a 2009, they didn't leave anything off. Pity! Somebody can probably fix that for you.

It's an '08 F350, 4x4, SRW, CC, LWB now with 95,955 mi on her and I absolutely love it! But, it has all the above predicted smog reducing poop it came with when it was born.
My main concern is the self-destruction created by the DPF and EGR. I have put the last 45k on it (as I bought it used) in may of 2013. Yep 45K in the last year, and every time it re-gens I just cringe knowing whats happening to the innards. That being said, I recently spoke to a retired Ford factory service rep, I mean from Dearborn, MI kind of rep. His recomendation was to leave it alone and more or less "put up with it". His take on fuel contaminating the oil was "fuel is gonna' contaminate the oil anyway", while he's probably right, I don't believe it is to the degree that the DPF diesels contaminate their oil. He also recommended semi-synthetic or standard diesel oils because the full-synthetics don't "carry away the paraffin contained in diesel fuel", as I said, he was a factory guy and had his own shop for years and don't even ask him about a programmer, he didn't like those either.