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Old May 2, 2008 | 01:58 PM
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6 leaker problems

ok, not my truck, its my moms, just goin by what she told me but heres what happend


driving along normal at like 50km/h then all of a sudden lost all power, couldn't move and pouring thick white smoke...she shut it off, started it up same thing....waited a bit, still pouring smoke at an idle...tried to move nothing...then it got its power back all of a sudden and took off like nothing happend. got back to the house dad took it for a spin, all was good, layed a big patch....any ideas?

its stock, just did hacked the muffler out a few weeks ago.....115,000 KMS on it.
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Old May 2, 2008 | 02:05 PM
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Sounds like EGR stuck.
 
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Old May 2, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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so should a guy just unhook the egr and call it good ?
 
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Old May 3, 2008 | 12:15 PM
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bumpity bump???
 
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Old May 3, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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Do a search and read for hours ................

Some say unplug it (do it w/ the engine off so it is unplugged in the closed position)

others say keep it clean and run it; and when it fails, replace it.

I personally would not unplug it permanently until I ran a tuner that eliminated it from all the control strategies - but that is just me. Many have done so w/ apparently no issues.
 
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