That would be the grid heater in the intake all sooted up from a **** poor idea of recirculating exhaust gas into the motorthat is the reason any egr engine should be modded to remove the egr my 09 with 200000 km was almost that bad when I got it and I pulled all the egr garbage off I have seen big truck engines with egr's on them ruin a new engine in 60000 km where those engines would run a million before a rebuild non egr

 

2008 Dodge Ram 3500 Quad Cab Metalic Black Rebuilt 6.7 Engine For Sale Call John 334 806 7503 is what it looks like now LOL what a big difference

 

I haven't touched the egr on mine.. you guys are starting to scare me a little bit.

 

heres your after pic of the grid heater

 

how did you clean it ?sandblasts it

 

glass bead

 

not gonna lie never seen this before http://www.alacable.com/forsale/2008...9925381_3X.JPG

 

U do that when u dont have enough power to spin all 4 tires when ur engine is clogged. LOL It has all the tires on it now

 

LMAO

 

what were the symptoms when it clogged? my 07.5 just shut down and lost power/ wont idle, egr is unplugged but not blocked off. im running a H&S XRT PRO and dpf deleted exhaust, truck started sputtering and shut down, trys to run for a few seconds when you first start it, then it dies and doesnt want to start back, lots of black smoke for the few seconds it does idle(very roughly i might add). flashing lightning bolt on the dash?