I was told if you don`t run a tuner and pull real heavy trailers you will be fine without the ARP studs ,is that true?

If you do EGR cooler delete, put new oil cooler in after a complete coolant flush and add a coolant filter you should be fine. Clogged oil coolers cause a whole lot of problems, they can cause egr coolers to rupture, cause the oil to break down quickly and can creat steam that can cause headgasket failures and cause you to loose alot of coolant causing even more problems.

Yes bought the oil cooler already , and am just a bit concerned about not going with the ARP head studs. But my Mechanic who is a good friend and a top tech at Ford told me I will be fine without them. I am not sure which to go with the Delete is much more affordable it would seem.

I have 254k on my truck,original head bolts and I have hauled some nasty loads long distance and have had no problem

Your chances of headgaskets blowing increase with more power and harder driving, obviously. Also, studs will be more reliable than stock bolts, for sure. However, if you're running stock tuning, I would stick with the factory bolts for now. If you ever have to pull it apart for any reason, it would be a good time to upgrade though. I wouldn't go out of my way to do it now, unless it already needs gaskets or something. You should be fine.

Im back now i belive my egr cooler is weeping. Every day for the last week two or so miles from home i blow white smoke for a mile with no power. then it seems to go away. Exhaust will make ya cry when you start it. I plan to do egr cooler do i need to do oil cooler too. New hpop and oil cooler screen 8000 miles ago trucks basicly stock. let me know what your ideas are thank you

I would go ahead and do it myself. Usually the oil cooler is the root cause of the egr cooler blowing apart. A rebuild kit for the oil cooler is less than $250.

Are you putting in a new egr cooler? I'd just put a delete in myself. Unless you live in Cali, then go with a bulletproof unit.

I picked up a River city egr delete at a local shop torn down and intake bolts loose. I hope this solves my problems. When i took out egr it was sooted and a bit wet. What pulgs up in oil cooler? Are these two things piped together some how? OH and these trucks should be extended in the engine bay by 6 inches so we can work on them.

the coolant flows through the oil cooler first then to the egr cooler, these motors are sand cast and eventually the excess sand comes loose and will clog the tiny passages in the oil cooler. When the oil cooler gets clogged only a small amount of coolant gets through and when only a tiny bit of water is in the egr cooler then it can steam and blow the cooler out and also it can cause head gasket failure because the steam will damage the head gaskets.

Is there any way to clean this? Ill have it all ready in am to go again i cant wait for parts. Maybe a quick soak in gas or parts cleaned with o rings removed? The local shop said 2200 to do it i laughed and took parts.

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Next issue is my seal on rear end seems to be leaking from where drive shaft blots in. Any ideas on this and mdub 707 your like three hrs from me do you have a shop?? If so send me a messsage. Id drive for a decent go over of rig at this point.