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Sep 3, 2006 | 06:32 PM

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wpoling

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I'm now in the Black Hills of South Dakota. My mileage has remained up to 10-11 mpg with the EGR un-plugged. The power is good also. Do you think something could be wrong? Should I have it looked at?

Any responses???
Bill

Sep 3, 2006 | 07:48 PM

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BowTieHatr

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From: Florence,SC

if you are having a problem with egr connected then i would say yes because everything should be opperating properly as it was made to do

Sep 5, 2006 | 11:17 AM

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fordsd

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From: Roy, Washington

All Right,,,,All Right already.....

I cannot ignore good logic no matter how hard I try!!

I got home on Friday night and disconnected the battery grounds, drained the power, plugged in the EGR, and reconnected the batteries. I then spent a while breaking most speed laws in my area doing hole shots on back roads until I reprogrammed the transmission. It is running strong now from 0-30#s of boost and just has a little less turbo noise at take off. And I won't be worrying about sticky vanes.
Vloney and BowTieHat'r, thanks for your input.

Steve

Sep 5, 2006 | 02:34 PM

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Lonewolftx

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From: Republic of Texas

As an FYI . . .

I unhooked mine last Thursday and drove 200+ miles and got 17.3 MPG. Got two codes, viewed by SCT2 Programmer and the CEL. No tow load but hauled dogs, weekend stuff for the holiday weekend.

Plugged it back in and drove 135 miles and got 16.2 mpg. CEL went off after second truck turn on/use.

Guess it improves the MPG in my truck ('06 F250 SD CC SB Fx4 LKR) and thought I would add that piece of info here.

Sep 5, 2006 | 09:12 PM

#20

Customz

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I run my 06 unplugged because my 04 had problems. I am also a firm believer that the new egrs will last but after 100k miles worth of soot builds up in the motor, yours truly will have to foot the bill. Sooooo, nothing but clean fresh air for my psd.