EGR Problems
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From: Oxford
EGR Problems
Thanks in advance for any help. My EGR valve has been sticking occasionally and this weekend while on a trip I finally unplugged it. The pickup ran great the rest of the trip. I took it in to the dealer to get it looked at for this and a couple other reasons. They called and said that the oil cooler is plugging up which is restricting air flow to the egr cooler, causing the egr valve to soot up. The pickup is an 04 cc 4x4 with 76,0000 miles on it. Turns out I am 30 days out of my warranty coverage and they said it would cost $2,400. They have talked to ford about covering it and while we are waiting to hear, I thought I would ask the fte professionals if their explaination sounds reasonable and if they won't fix it under warranty, is there a better, more cost affective fix?
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From: Henderson, NV
Thanks in advance for any help. My EGR valve has been sticking occasionally and this weekend while on a trip I finally unplugged it. The pickup ran great the rest of the trip. I took it in to the dealer to get it looked at for this and a couple other reasons. They called and said that the oil cooler is plugging up which is restricting air flow to the egr cooler, causing the egr valve to soot up. The pickup is an 04 cc 4x4 with 76,0000 miles on it. Turns out I am 30 days out of my warranty coverage and they said it would cost $2,400. They have talked to ford about covering it and while we are waiting to hear, I thought I would ask the fte professionals if their explaination sounds reasonable and if they won't fix it under warranty, is there a better, more cost affective fix?
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Joined: Aug 2009
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From: Pilesgrove NJ
Thanks in advance for any help. My EGR valve has been sticking occasionally and this weekend while on a trip I finally unplugged it. The pickup ran great the rest of the trip. I took it in to the dealer to get it looked at for this and a couple other reasons. They called and said that the oil cooler is plugging up which is restricting air flow to the egr cooler, causing the egr valve to soot up. The pickup is an 04 cc 4x4 with 76,0000 miles on it. Turns out I am 30 days out of my warranty coverage and they said it would cost $2,400. They have talked to ford about covering it and while we are waiting to hear, I thought I would ask the fte professionals if their explaination sounds reasonable and if they won't fix it under warranty, is there a better, more cost affective fix?
