Exhaust Brake question?
My 2014 Chevy 3500 Silverado Dually (Diesel) came equipped with the brake exhaust. I've not used it yet. (Truck has less than 1700 miles so far. I've towed the trailer a few times now, with the Integr...
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RCMAN46 wrote:ScottG wrote:
You need to run the exhaust brake often because it keeps the variable veins in your turbo free moving. If you don't use it you will more than likely end up with turbo problems.
And this is based on what information source?
For a while, when the 6.7 Cummins was new (07 to 09 primarily I believe), The turbos were manufactured with a cleaning port to take care of this problem. Today, not so much. At least that's from the Cummins POV. Seems like a procedure was even posted for the cleaning of the exhaust brake: Exhaust brake cleaning procedure
