Letting truck idle
A friend of mine always lets his 2500 diesel idle while he makes a short run into the post office, store for a quick soda, etc. He says the salesman told him that starting and restarting a diesel was...
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Grit dog wrote:4Powells wrote:
New trucks have all that EGR cr@p! Yes, idling will stop up the particulate filter inn the EGR system. My experience is with Ford and Chevy in rough service on ambulance bodies. Yes, they idle much more. We are disabling our EGR system per Chevy as the Duramax is very problematic.
Right idea, kind of, wrong terminology. And I find it suspect that a public/govt agency is disabling anything epa mandated on a road vehicle.
If I need an ambulance, you are welcome to bring whatever works.
