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Originally Posted by John
Thanks guys for the info...
I feel a little better about a potenial purchase..knowing their are options...
But LOL...I am not a young punk anymore  ...so If I can stay stock I will...I like the 'no smell too'
But squid... you said 'drive it like it should be' care to elaborate??? |
The truck was designed and built to tow not sit in traffic Idling or just driven 5 miles to work and back in town doing 30MPH. The Turbo has a sliding vane and the only way to keep it clean is to create boost.
Cummins 6.7L Turbocharger Information When you don't create boost the Vane gets sooted up so if you don't tow on a regular basis you need to find a nice long on-ramp that leads out onto a major highway so you put the pedal to the metal and create some major boost thus moving that sliding vane.
The other problem with just driving around town is the DPF (Diesel Particulate Filter
Cummins 6.7L DIESEL PARTICULATE FILTER (DPF)and Diesel Oxidation Catalyst (DOC) ) never has enough time to regenerate and get cleaned out. I drive over 100 miles every night mostly on the highway and she regenerates at least once a night and it takes about 15 minutes to complete at 70 MPH with an EGT (Exhaust gas Temp) of 1200 F.