Egr delete

[andrehoude123]

Full delete and straight pipe!! Let her rip like a real Diesel engine

 

[Sysop]

You need to chill out.

Agree; that was more or less my bit, note the smiley stirring the pot... Nobody needs to be preaching about government regulations lobbied into place by those that are out to create a market to get rich in, it was a question; answer it or don't. At best all the emissions stuff does is reduce the harmful output, it doesn't eliminate it. The regulations are there to make an impact with the large operators that are running many hours per day. I really don't think the regulations were meant so much to regulate the weekend farmer putting 100 hours a year on their machine, it is good for all machines to conform, but I don't really think the little guy was the goal or even much of a contributor to the problem... I just don't think folk should jump to the stump the second someone asks something that could very well be asked for diagnostic reasons. Last I knew internet forums weren't the police and weren't anyone's papa...

Can anyone seriously doubt the value of pollution controls on machinery or over the road vehicles after witnessing what the air quality was like in major U.S. cities, before and after.

Plenty of off road diesels in major cities, construction equipment, parks and roadway grass machinery and the list goes on. There is no such thing as Country Air or City Air.

You are the one that brought up the smog issues of major US cities. And yes, there is a extremely vast difference in the quality of air between "the country" and "the city" for many reasons from vegetation to concentration. You take a person and lock them in a room with minimal ventilation, the air will eventually become toxic and they will suffocate. You put 50 people in that same room, it will happen faster. Same effect with a city, build really tall buildings to reduce the airflow at the ground, cram in GOBS of cars trucks and whatever else, you have smog at toxic levels... A weekend farmer's tractor 200 miles away in the country isn't the "cause" or even much of the problem at all.

I agree that as a whole we need to reduce pollution output, but I don't see this guy asking about an EGR delete being the straw that broke the camel's back and brings the atmosphere as a whole, to toxic levels. That stuff needs preached on some Chinese forum someplace, they really need to hear it.

:stirthepot:

 

[Recoveryhill]

From what I understand my diesel particulate filter on my 2008 duramax has cleaner emissions but requires more fuel to do so. Not sure how that helps anything except the guy selling the DPF and the Diesel Fuel?

It helps the guy breathing your particulate matter and places the cost of doing so squarely on your operation of that engine. Seems fair to me and to blame the guy for selling DPF and low Sulphur fuel is like blaming what time the sun comes up for you not getting out of bed early enough?

OK, bottom line: My intention after reading "how to delete pollution controls" post was to stimulate discussion over pollution. Before mountains in the Caribbean I came from mountains in Rockbridge County, Virginia, a long time ago. Imprinted in my memory of that swath of Appalachia recalls "It's ok to throw Mountain Dew cans, Old Milwaukee cans out the pickup truck window so it follows that it's just fine to lose car batteries, washers and dryers, spent living room furniture and whatever, over the side of the road."

Rural boys everywhere, between overuse and incorrect application of herbicides, insecticides, improper disposal of lubricating oil, careless disposal of trash, "over the edge" and ignorance that considers pollution controls on your equipment a government conspiracy that shouldn't apply to rural America I have news for you.

You are wrong.

If this message affects even 5% of the many thousands of visitors to this site, my post has been a success.

 

[V65ozzie]

I just dropped my 1734 at the dealer this morning. Won't regen, started beeping and went into shutdown mode. Lost a weekend of work=lost $$$$$ Can't wait to find out what this is going to cost.

 

[V65ozzie]

Update on mine. Dealer says particulate filter was at 146% At this point the system cannot clean itself, they are removing it and sending it to a company to have it cleaned. No word on cause or cost yet.

 

[CincyFlyer]

Update on mine. Dealer says particulate filter was at 146% At this point the system cannot clean itself, they are removing it and sending it to a company to have it cleaned. No word on cause or cost yet.

Cleaning the filters isn't a big deal; it's something you can likely do yourself.

 

[frugalangler]

Cleaning the filters isn't a big deal; it's something you can likely do yourself.

How? Instructions?