EBPS cleaning question
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EBPS cleaning question
I tackled this job tonight, it's about in line with my level of competency with this truck 
I don't have a deep enough 1" socket to remove the EBPS itself, so I took the tube loose and gave it a once-over- almost no soot whatsoever and no holes or cracks.
My question is this- since the tube was nice and clean, what are the chances the sensor is plugged up? I shot some carb cleaner up into it and it came out pretty clean. Should I look for a 1" deep socket or just not worry about it?
I don't have a deep enough 1" socket to remove the EBPS itself, so I took the tube loose and gave it a once-over- almost no soot whatsoever and no holes or cracks.My question is this- since the tube was nice and clean, what are the chances the sensor is plugged up? I shot some carb cleaner up into it and it came out pretty clean. Should I look for a 1" deep socket or just not worry about it?
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i just did this sat. and my TUBE is what was clogged so bad it took 30 min of just soakin it to break half of the soot loose thin took weed eater wire and had to work it through! i would pull it all off and check but if you dont have a deep socket well you dont have a deep socket. I actually had to use one of my impact sockets for that big of deep well.
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I had to replace both the tube and the sensor on mine.
The tube had rusted through and the sensor was filled with this rock hard black sooty looking stuff so full I didn't think it would clean out all the way.
The tube had rusted through and the sensor was filled with this rock hard black sooty looking stuff so full I didn't think it would clean out all the way.
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No idea. I have an SES light but that's due to glow plugs (CA emissions truck). My only way to check codes would be to pay the dealer $33 to do it for me.
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anybody close to you with a code reader? i've heard that some of those used at places like auto zone etc. will not read all the codes for our trucks. if i had one i would send it to ya but i aint got around to buying one yet! and you KNOW for a fact the ses light is due to the glowplugs... and you may wanna just get the cost of new tube and sensor that way you know that its all new! just a thought
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I tackled this job tonight, it's about in line with my level of competency with this truck I don't have a deep enough 1" socket to remove the EBPS itself, so I took the tube loose and gave it a once-over- almost no soot whatsoever and no holes or cracks.
My question is this- since the tube was nice and clean, what are the chances the sensor is plugged up? I shot some carb cleaner up into it and it came out pretty clean. Should I look for a 1" deep socket or just not worry about it?
I don't have a deep enough 1" socket to remove the EBPS itself, so I took the tube loose and gave it a once-over- almost no soot whatsoever and no holes or cracks.My question is this- since the tube was nice and clean, what are the chances the sensor is plugged up? I shot some carb cleaner up into it and it came out pretty clean. Should I look for a 1" deep socket or just not worry about it?
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Have you tried blowing air thru the tube to see if it is clogged? I can't imagine a clean ebps tube and sensor. What ever you do, don't stick anything up the Sensor hole. You may damage the "window" up in the sensor. Mine was so plugged, thet the holder that the sensor was screwed into was also plugged.
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I don't know anyone with a code reader, unless the guy who reads the codes at the stealership will take it home with him and not charge me (hey, he loaned me a part for my old truck to test something out...) I know for a fact the SES light is due to glow plugs because I took it in and had it read when it first threw the light.
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If you'll watch on Ebay you can sometimes pick up a Superchips tuner that is vin locked very cheap. There was one on there the other day that was $25. The code reader part will still work fine even though it is locked.
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