I believe Carl was just stating it’s a good practice to have a scanner. Needed mine many times just to cure my curiosity. Needed a glow plug after 6k of owning it, and it occasionally throws one for p06DB(I think. Drunk now lol) if I tow a trailer and don’t manually shift to keep rpms up.
Dealer told me 30-1hr depending on if it was seized. Then quoted 8k for a new head lol took to a diesel tech after I broke it off he had old one out and new one in all in an hour.
Just got a call from my dealership, new parts available and ordered by vin. So I expect everyone will receive calls soon. Too bad I don’t need one anymore 😂
You can say that again. Bought mine thinking diesel, can’t beat it! But I got fortunate so far mine was used with 113k. Egr and plentum done at 109k. So far no issues in the motor other than glow plug. Deleted at 133k and I wish I had done sooner. I hope by investing in the now I have saved a...
The egr. Sorry to confuse. When the egr fails it dumps more soot into the intake along with coolant which mixes with the existing powdery soot in the plastic intake. Which ends up making basically sticky flammable concrete. This concrete packs the swirl valves on the bottom of the intake and...
The short answer is yes you should be.
FYI- stage 1 is egr delete/ disable.
Stage 2 is dpf, scr and egr delete.
It’s my understanding that gde allows for removal of egr
OPINION TIME
So I got to thinking today, at 143k back in 2013 I dropped the pan on my 2001 ram 1500 and found retaining the pieces of my overdrive retaining spring in the pan and worried about my trans failing. I worried and worried and religiously changed my trans fluid at 10k, and added...