FishOnOne wrote:
EGR valves clogging wit soot is a common problem with these engines. Having said that it's a easy 30 minute job to remove them and clean them up with brake cleaner and reinstall. I my 6.0 psd it seamed they needed to be cleaned every 80k miles. Here's a video to view.
Also on the hard starting it sounds like your ficm (Fuel Injection Control Module) may need to be replaced. Running these trucks with weak batteries damages these ficm and that's why it's important to maintain good batteries.
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Weak batteries will kill the FICM in short time. Keep em fresh.
I've never jumped mine either but I believe the driver side would be the correct one to connect the cables to.