Why are EGR engines so problematic??

what year was your truck?

 

Engine model year rarely ever matches the chassis year. Its the engine year that dictates its emission level.

 

New England states adopting rules as well

 

truck maybe 2002 but look at the engine sticker, it might have the engine year. That should tell you if that engine belongs on that chassis. Because from what I can remember when I researched was 2004 is when EGR was out on truck engines.

 

Hmmmm since the tune up on my 2013 isx 15 the oil stays amber clear out to 30k ...just coincidence I'm sure
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Get used to it .
The stupidity of California voters is spreading to the entire country .

 

The difference between maintaining a vehicle for efficiency and longevity vs driving the wheels off it and only taking it in the shop with a hook.

 

I have a 2001 F250 with the 7.3. It has no emissions system other than an exhaust pipe. Totally legal and factory. The truck has almost 250,000 miles on it and doesn't leak oil, passes the oil cap blowby test and doesn't smoke at all. It sounds like a new engine.

But in 2003 they put the 6.0 in the same truck with the emissions garbage on it and it turned out to be the worst engine Ford ever put into a truck.

Goes to show you, sometimes older is better.

 

If you had a pipe running from your butt hole to your nose and mouth to "recirculate the exhaust," you would have some pretty serious problems too.