2005 F 250 Super Duty Question...Long Ramble
Greeting All! I have a '05 F 250 Diesel that has always been serviced, checked, and kept up, and currently runs and sounds great. In April '15, we were coming home from Georgia to East Texas, and in T...
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Bedlam wrote:
Typically the EGR and oil coolers are replaced at the same time if there is failure in either because it is usually due to to blockage or contamination. The turbo should be cleaned if you get a coolant leak to prevent corrosion that will cause the variable vane geometry mechanism to seize or hang up.
I ran a ScanGauge II in my '05 F250. It allowed me to watch coolant/oil temperature deltas, oil pressure to the injectors and FICM input/output voltages. These parameters are not loaded on the SG when you buy it, but are manually programmable once you plug the SG into the OBDII port.
Three round trips through the Rockies and "too many to count" trips through the mountain ranges west of the Rockies with my 6.0 PSD loaded at 19K lbs GCW. I was always impressed with the stock tune and never modified it.
I bought a ScanGauge and use it on my truck. It's a good investment and gives you information that you can't get from the normal instruments. I know the temperature of the coolant, engine oil, and the pressure that the High Pressure Oil Pump is running at. It also tells me the voltage that the FICM is running at. All of these will warn you of possible problems developing before you get left on the side of the road.
