Average MPH & EGR Cleaning (Soot Build-up)

[HBarlow]

Wow! $499 to$600 for an EGR clean service!

I think the man who did mine, a former Dodge dealer mechanic, may have spent 1. 5 to 2 hours, perhaps less, to do mine.

If anyone wants to travel to west Texas where I live I can arrange for the same guy to do yours for a fraction of those prices.

 

[rscurtis]

Keep in mind your C&C has a simpler EGR system than a PU.

 

[HBarlow]

I certainly never overlook that important detail. It is one of the big reasons I ordered a C&C instead of a pickup.

But is it actually physically different in a manner sufficient to make cleaning it any easier or less time consuming?

 

[Bater]

... should you do the delete before the service or right after the service?

The EGR delete topic is best addressed by those with experience with that, so I will limit my comment to an ancillary/optional aspect of the 67500 service, cleaning the grid heater.



That cleaning is something I would definitely do no matter what. Even with heavy highway mileage, my grid heater was quite dirty, and I could imagine that with another 40 to 50 k a very heavy soot load might start to adversely impact airflow into the intake manifold.



(Also wonder if the heater itself might fail to preheat as well, considering the "insulation". )



Andy

 

[rscurtis]

I certainly never overlook that important detail. It is one of the big reasons I ordered a C&C instead of a pickup.



But is it actually physically different in a manner sufficient to make cleaning it any easier or less time consuming?

From what I recall in the latest TDR, removal of the cooler is easier and you don't have a cooler by-pass valve to deal with.

 

[LBARTLETT]

Bater, that is an excellent point regarding the grid heater remaining dirty, I hadn't thought of that which is why I use TDR



If this service is required at 67,500 miles is it safe to assume it is again required at 135,000 miles and every additional 67,500 miles that a 6. 7 is driven thereafter?

 

[HBarlow]

I believe that is correct. Maintenance intervals repeat at higher mileage and I think the owner's manual states that is the case.