after 12k miles of no problems i now have to have a new turbo and my dpf is cracked . it happened with no warning , no codes and no cels . it began to run like a truck with a carberater that had a dead spot in it . it would take a nose dive , spit back , emit a large cloud of smoke and finally go on . sometimes the ebrake would not work and sometimes it would come on very violently . i was able to talk to the diesel mechanic himself and he says the turbo is shot and the dpf is cracked . he also said most of his friends have put delete kits on and solved their problems .:CRY:
i'm now the newest member of the turbo club.
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Welcome:beer
i am trying to feel the service manager out to see what he would do if i did the delete . he did mention that a good number of trucks that come in for an oil change now have straight pipes where the dpf was and he didn't seem to have a problem with doing warranty work on them .
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I'm starting to feel left out :CRY:
are there membership dues?
JUST KIDDING TRUCK I Love you!! don't go blowing a turbo on me
are there membership dues?
JUST KIDDING TRUCK I Love you!! don't go blowing a turbo on me
Oh, they don't blow, that might be cool! Instead they die a slow, lingering death. Sometimes they're brought back from the brink of death with promises of a long life if they're simply flushed out with a transfusion of cleaning solution. But in the end, they usually succumb to the soot spewing grim reaper and they are eventually put out of their misery.don't go blowing a turbo on me
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Bummer, hope you can get it back soon.
Update
dealer called today and said truck was ready and running right . they replaced the butterfly in the egr , replaced the dpf and drilled and cleaned the turbo . does the cleaning really work ? should i do a dpf/egr delete now or is the turbo going to stop up again and have to be replaced ?
dealer called today and said truck was ready and running right . they replaced the butterfly in the egr , replaced the dpf and drilled and cleaned the turbo . does the cleaning really work ? should i do a dpf/egr delete now or is the turbo going to stop up again and have to be replaced ?
dpf= diesel particulate filter
egr = exhaust gas recirculation valve
the egr recirculates unburned exhaust gases back through the intake . in other words dumps crap back through the engine .
the dpf is a particulate trap on the exhaust that accumulates particuates from the exhaust and eventually fills up and goes through regeneration to clean itself out .
all of this was forced on cummins by the stupid epa that thinks the environment will be better if they smother our trucks with their crap and make us burn 1/3 again as much fuel .
the moral of the story is : this emissions crap is not working .
the 6.7 is a fine engine but can't function properly through all of this crap .
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That sucks no NeW turbo, the consensus is to get that replaced and then do all the deletes
got my truck back yesterday and so far so good . i drove some yesterday and have driven it quite a bit today and so far it runs like new . they found the egr was stuck closed , the dpf was cracked and they did the drill and clean on the turbo . the truck has plenty of power and driving through the mountains today i averaged around 15 mpg . i just hope it lasts . i picked the truck up at closing time and as i walked out , the service manager and the diesel mechanic walked out with me . they were talking about how many turbos that had been cleaned and were growing tired of so many of them . they both said that if i had any more trouble out of mine to delete the crap and hang on to the parts so they could be put back on in case of trouble . on the brighter side , they said they really haven't seen many other issues with our trucks other than the emissions crap .
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