Particulate filter delete
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robbyr
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I had a 2012 Dodge Ram 2500. Had a local shop do the delete. Never did get the tuner just right. Traded it in on a 19 F250 Powerstroke. In the Ford group I'm in, apparently it's a common belief that the 6.7 is much better than the 6.0.
Snobdds
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The EPA stopped allowing the tuning companies to due "offroad" tunes only. There is no way to delete a truck anymore. The era is over.
The EPA has taken 95% of the exhaust pollutants out of diesel. The last 5% is going to be the most costly and most problem fueled. They need to know when to say it's good enough. However bureaucrats need to justify their job and they will never stop the pursuit of a utopian perceived environment.
The EPA has taken 95% of the exhaust pollutants out of diesel. The last 5% is going to be the most costly and most problem fueled. They need to know when to say it's good enough. However bureaucrats need to justify their job and they will never stop the pursuit of a utopian perceived environment.
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In late 1996 we bought a new Ford 7.3 powerstoke diesel 4x4 stick. By 2001, we added up the engine repairs and discovered that at 175,000 miles we had spent more on diesel engine work than the entire truck had cost when new. That's not including a brand new "engine complete" exchange which was installed at 50K miles.
Never one to learn quick, we next bought a new 2001 7.3 powerstoke in the same configuration but an automatic 4x4 this time. That truck now has 200,000 miles and has required nothing but regular maintenance. Go figure.
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Never one to learn quick, we next bought a new 2001 7.3 powerstoke in the same configuration but an automatic 4x4 this time. That truck now has 200,000 miles and has required nothing but regular maintenance. Go figure.
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tomt574
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Without a doubt the 6.7 is a much better truck. I have friends that run them with no issues. The 6.0 was a nightmare with the EGR issues. I had the 7.3 before that and wish I had just stayed in it. But seems as though they have gotten things right with the 6.7. My 2012 i drove it home from the dealer and deleted everything. Used H&S tuner, ran turbo back exhaust with no cat or dpf, egr delete, larger inner cooler, throttle body delete. H&S intake manifold. Its a fine running truck.
tomt574
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yes you are right. There are a couple that offer the tunes but I cant afford it. PPEI out of Lake Charles Louisiana has them. To do My 2019 Duramax just the tune is about $5500. thats not counting the delete kits for EGR and the exhaust to delete the DPF. To rich for me.
tomt574
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Yes I had that 2001 7.3 model and traded in on that 2005 like a dumb ***. The 2005 was such a piece of crap the dealer did a buy back and put me in a 2007 which the EGR went out twice and 2 turbos. That was when the wife stepped in cause we were stranded with a 40' fifth wheel on vacation and told me she never wanted to see another Ford in the driveway. I traded in on the Dodge.
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IMO the above make 100% sense in a real World and without one single comma. :thumbsup:
Snobdds
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It's funny some people never understood the 6.0. I think it's one of the best engines out there. The bottom end will never fail. The coolant was the root cause of everything. Change the coolant ever 3 years or 30,000 and it's fine.
My dad had 6.0's with over 600,000 in his construction fleet. Fluid maintenance was key...
My dad had 6.0's with over 600,000 in his construction fleet. Fluid maintenance was key...
tomt574
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Exactly right. At the time i never really understood it. But the engine was not the issue. It was the emission system. I was unaware of the coolant system issue. Had I known what I learned later on I would have deleted The EGR on day 1. The coolant system ran through the EGR to lower the exhaust gas temp that was being run back through the intake. The EGR valve deverted this through the EGR. Problem was the port hole in the EGR were so small it would clog. The coolant lines in the EGR ruptured and then came the steam barreling out the exhaust. The truck over heated and you were dead in the water. First time this happened I was miles in the woods by myself hanging stands in the summer. Long walk to civilization. Happened more than once. Left a bad taste in my mouth because about these new emissions.