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Diesel Infant
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- Oct 22, 2007
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ok guys....i'll throw this out there in my own thread so i can tell the full story and ask for advice.
truck.
04 6.0, studs, exhaust, MILD tune, 33's, pcv delete, solid up-pipe, weld egr.
coolant gauge in oil cooler cap reads 245-255
truck puked.. i did up-pipe and tunes and weld..still hot still puked
dealer did oil cooler....still puked..not hot anymore....so went in for studs..ONE YEAR AGO
all the while looming EPA crap may get me so i left egr cooler in place to just flow coolant thinking the welds on the valve will keep all boost out of cooler and thus not pressurize the system. temps return to 210-215 no puking
ONE YEAR LATER......20k miles.....i got some puking...very minor...so..first thing i did was swap to the snow plow fan because i never did that....temps never really got out of control but mabey hit 240 on highway with plow up one or two times.....i did fan as cheap upgrade that may help and certainly not hurt....slight decrease in overall temps by 5 degrees mabey...
i am thinking the crap welds on my valve may be letting boost into the cooler and not out the other end as its capped and possibly pressurizing the system...my tune tops at like 25psi...my race file hit 35 but i didn't like how aggressive it was so i don't run it...GOGO files...........i know how easy it is to get an air leak in a weld and the guy used a mig and was sloppy..
SO......i can't afford 500 for a mani swap out....and the EPA has me worried so i really want to be able to return to stock...i am thinking i want to re-route the coolant and pull the cooler....but i am open to advice.
heres the kit i found that seems ok, i already bought up pipe from FCDP so i don't need to re-buy that again...
Item number: 190380079811
my questions are, is there something i missed checking?..ECT is normal...EOT gauge is on the way....but reads normal via scan tool.....is there a better way to do this without spending 500 and welding on the mani?...
i know GOGO intake routes coolant directly from EOC to the degass....is there a bolt on kit for just that that caps cooler and coolant lines in intake and uses a hose on the EOC?....
not a toy...daily driver....very broke currently.....but need to find out id heads are bad again it's getting dumped so whats my best plan?.
do i throw the kit to 180 the coolant on it?.....or do i throw a spool valve to completely rule out intake boost from the cooler?..
valve?..Item number: 280354215158..would this be better sealed than the welds on my egr and possibly be a quicker way to the same end of finding out weather or not the intake is boosting the coolant or the heads. ??
truck.
04 6.0, studs, exhaust, MILD tune, 33's, pcv delete, solid up-pipe, weld egr.
coolant gauge in oil cooler cap reads 245-255
truck puked.. i did up-pipe and tunes and weld..still hot still puked
dealer did oil cooler....still puked..not hot anymore....so went in for studs..ONE YEAR AGO
all the while looming EPA crap may get me so i left egr cooler in place to just flow coolant thinking the welds on the valve will keep all boost out of cooler and thus not pressurize the system. temps return to 210-215 no puking
ONE YEAR LATER......20k miles.....i got some puking...very minor...so..first thing i did was swap to the snow plow fan because i never did that....temps never really got out of control but mabey hit 240 on highway with plow up one or two times.....i did fan as cheap upgrade that may help and certainly not hurt....slight decrease in overall temps by 5 degrees mabey...
i am thinking the crap welds on my valve may be letting boost into the cooler and not out the other end as its capped and possibly pressurizing the system...my tune tops at like 25psi...my race file hit 35 but i didn't like how aggressive it was so i don't run it...GOGO files...........i know how easy it is to get an air leak in a weld and the guy used a mig and was sloppy..
SO......i can't afford 500 for a mani swap out....and the EPA has me worried so i really want to be able to return to stock...i am thinking i want to re-route the coolant and pull the cooler....but i am open to advice.
heres the kit i found that seems ok, i already bought up pipe from FCDP so i don't need to re-buy that again...
Item number: 190380079811
my questions are, is there something i missed checking?..ECT is normal...EOT gauge is on the way....but reads normal via scan tool.....is there a better way to do this without spending 500 and welding on the mani?...
i know GOGO intake routes coolant directly from EOC to the degass....is there a bolt on kit for just that that caps cooler and coolant lines in intake and uses a hose on the EOC?....
not a toy...daily driver....very broke currently.....but need to find out id heads are bad again it's getting dumped so whats my best plan?.
do i throw the kit to 180 the coolant on it?.....or do i throw a spool valve to completely rule out intake boost from the cooler?..
valve?..Item number: 280354215158..would this be better sealed than the welds on my egr and possibly be a quicker way to the same end of finding out weather or not the intake is boosting the coolant or the heads. ??