Swap ISX for pre-egr ISX

So you want to buy second, old engine and then have it rebuilt... ?

I was wondering about blocking EGR cooler, because from what I have heard, when it start leaking, it actually leaks coolant to the intake, thru the EGR pipe. That pipe can be blocked easily I think. Then we have pretty much pre-EGR engine, except for ECM programming...

 

One of our trucks is an EGR ISX...the egr valve just went out for the 8th time!!! We sent it to our local diesel shop to have it replaced. So the technician brought up this idea to change it all over to pre-egr so we wont have the valve failures anymore. They had never done one B4...so we pondered it over a little bit and decided to be the guinea pig. Evidentally the turbo, exhaust manifold, and the whole ecm has to be replaced. So i called up and checked on it the other day and they had it on the dyno doing some testing and doing some fine tuning b4 they cut me loose with it. It was getting out 680hp!! Thats pretty good for being a 525...havent got it back yet but kinda looking forward to it. Kinda curious to see what kinda fuel mileage its getting now though.

 

Thats why Im going to check my 565. It pulls bad.
Do you have 2007 engine with DPF?

 

No its a 2005...this swap is probably gonna be really expensive but i think it will eventually pay for its self after a while...being the valves keep going out and spending money to have that replaced and not to mention all the downtime its creating. This one was an ox b4, cant wait to get back in and lay into it now.

 

since it was pre DPF, why not "TEST MODE" the EGR>? / rather than doing a whole change.

 

Does any one have engine ser. no. or cpl for a cm570 isx600 non egr. I am wanting to do a conversion and need something to go off of. Thanks

 

I think PDI has and ECM conversion flash file that all you have to do is flash the ECM and it deactivates the EGR from working. You can also get an addition to the file to be able to run whatever turbo you want instead of the vari-vane turbo.