Greetings from Texas. I just joined this forum and wanted join in some of the discussions about the Powerstroke 6.0 diesel. I am a REAL diesel novice, and know very little about them. I have a 2004 F350, purchased new, and have never had a problem with it. Until last Friday, that is. We were on our way to Fredericksburg, TX and apparently blew the EGR cooler. Massive white smoke from exhaust. Tow truck towed truck and rig to the campground, then towed truck to local Ford dealer, who confirmed the bad news.

We have a 34Ft 5th wheel and the diesel is the vehicle of choice, or seemed to be, when pulling something like this.

One question...when I asked the dealer about precautions to take to avoid a recurrence, he told me that he installed the upgraded version of the EGR cooler, and that I would probably never have this problem again.

Does anyone have any experience with the "upgraded EGR cooler"? Does that sound reasonable, that I would probably not have a problem again?

Thanks for reading and responding.

Dave


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The best thing to do would be to buy an EGR delete kit!! It is for ''off road use only'' but it will be one of the best things you do. I dont know if a dealer will install that tho