wastegate
 

how good or bad of an idea is it to clamp off the wastegate hose on these? cus i just happened to see the wastegate sitting all by it's lonesome yesterday and was like hmmmm

If your talking about your 96, you don't have a wastegate...

Describe what you were looking at.

what im looking at looks exactly like a waste gate

I wonder if the previous owner upgraded to a SuperDuty set up. Can you get a picture??

i'll go take a picture of it

there ya go

Definitely not a waste gate.

well what is it then the last thing i saw that remotely looked like that was a wastegate i was thinking it wasn't since it is where it is but then again it looked like one to me

That's nothing like a waste gate.

That... is your HVAC control... It closes the defrost vents.

ohhhhh well that shows you how much i don't know about fords

Stick around, We can help you wake that truck up.

i'll think about it i haven't completely decided if i wanna change back to a dodge or not

Keep the Ford.

What are you looking for in a truck? What do you use it for?

well i can use this truck for pretty much anything i'd want to do but it's just something about the 12v is calling my name it may have something to do with im very comfortable with those trucks and i've had really good luck with the one i had

:humm:

besides the major :edit: up i pulled putting in the gauges

Howdy, im fairly new to modifying diesels, im 17, but have been around/workin on motors for as long as i can remeber, but i was under the hood of my 97 stroker, f-250HD, and saw somethin that looked like a wastegate on the bottom of the turbo, couldnt see the actuator, but it sure looked like a valve on the bottom of my turbo....but i saw

"If your talking about your 96, you don't have a wastegate..."

so im not sure what i saw....

That is a warm-up valve. It restricts the exhaust when the engine is cold to help warm it up.

Its called the Exhaust Back Pressure Valve or EBPV... It will close when the oil and air temps meet the PCM's requirments to put more load on the motor and help it warm up...

It makes a cheap exhaust brake as well.

It is not a wastegate.

Thanks :)
It also creates a dead spot in the throttle........
It's really annoying, is there any way to make it go away?

Sure thing... Unplug the connector right under the intake side of the turbo.

Awesome, what is the downside of that?

Just won't have a functioning EBPV.

Let your truck warm up properly and it will not turn on... Or clean your exhaust back pressure sensor tube.

well, i let my truck run for 5-10 min in the driveway, and i live in alaska, so after driving for 20 min into town, the truck is finally warmed up enough for the EBPV to disengage and the dead spot to go away, which seems ecessivly long........
I have the clutch fan removed from the engine as well
with the sensor unplugged will it hurt my engine at all?

The reason it is there is to aid in warmups... So you will lose that function.

It won't hurt anything.

thanks for the info :)

How do you change the EBPV into a jake brake? I'm putting a chip on my truck with high idle so I don't think Ill need it?

And does anybody know why our trucks don't idle up when it's cold like the 2nd gen strokers?
They might but I don't think mine has ever done it

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