dang, i can't say I know what it feels to find out my truck has a blown egr cooler. I've had my 05 6.0 for a lil more than a year and it's not yet shown any problems. I'm not exactly easy on it though. But, I know for a fact sooner or later the cooler is going to go bad. How much did It cost you to do the studs and delete?
@caterpillarV8 Its a bummer when the EGR Cooler goes out. If it happens, you should stop the truck and have it towed somewhere where you can do the work. I got the Sinister EGR Delete Kit for 250.00. I luckily already had the ARP studs in when this happened, so I didnt have any major damage to the engine. The ARP studs are around 470.00. I did them myself, so I cant tell you how much labor it is. They are a pain to install unless you can do a cab-off approach.
@miller45103 Thanks for the reply. Well, the cooler and the studs really ain't that much so I won't have a prob buying them. But the lifting the cab is something that's prob going to be a pain in the rear. Can I ask just 2 more question? like did you notice any power loss of any sort? did it happen just out of no where. Bare with me, I'm no exactly an expert at diesels.
@caterpillarV8 I did not notice much power loss before the cooler blew. But afterwords, with theup-pipe that came with the kit, I got a power gain. Also gained about 3 mpg. Your second question. I did notice that the exhaust would randomly puff out a little white on hard accelerations, so that gave me a clue it was getting ready to fail. I happened to be out in West Virginia leaving Ohio(Wheeling)at the time of complete failure, so Im sure the "mountain climbing" had alot to do with it. ^ temps
@84416fones Sorry for the late response, but I already installed the ARP studs prior to the cooler failure, and replaced blown cooler with the Sinister EGR Delete kit. Thanks for the recommendation though!
dang, i can't say I know what it feels to find out my truck has a blown egr cooler. I've had my 05 6.0 for a lil more than a year and it's not yet shown any problems. I'm not exactly easy on it though. But, I know for a fact sooner or later the cooler is going to go bad. How much did It cost you to do the studs and delete?
caterpillarV8 4 weeks ago
@caterpillarV8 Its a bummer when the EGR Cooler goes out. If it happens, you should stop the truck and have it towed somewhere where you can do the work. I got the Sinister EGR Delete Kit for 250.00. I luckily already had the ARP studs in when this happened, so I didnt have any major damage to the engine. The ARP studs are around 470.00. I did them myself, so I cant tell you how much labor it is. They are a pain to install unless you can do a cab-off approach.
miller45103 4 weeks ago
@miller45103 Thanks for the reply. Well, the cooler and the studs really ain't that much so I won't have a prob buying them. But the lifting the cab is something that's prob going to be a pain in the rear. Can I ask just 2 more question? like did you notice any power loss of any sort? did it happen just out of no where. Bare with me, I'm no exactly an expert at diesels.
caterpillarV8 4 weeks ago
@caterpillarV8 I did not notice much power loss before the cooler blew. But afterwords, with theup-pipe that came with the kit, I got a power gain. Also gained about 3 mpg. Your second question. I did notice that the exhaust would randomly puff out a little white on hard accelerations, so that gave me a clue it was getting ready to fail. I happened to be out in West Virginia leaving Ohio(Wheeling)at the time of complete failure, so Im sure the "mountain climbing" had alot to do with it. ^ temps
miller45103 4 weeks ago
get egr delete and arp head studds
84416fones 1 month ago
@84416fones Sorry for the late response, but I already installed the ARP studs prior to the cooler failure, and replaced blown cooler with the Sinister EGR Delete kit. Thanks for the recommendation though!
miller45103 1 month ago