you could go in under your intake manifold and put a freeze plug in place of the rubber grommet to stop coolant flow into the intake manifold, use your factor up pipe but cut it apart and take the scoop out of the inside of it. theres alot of different ways of doing it, or you could run a bulletproof egr cooler

 

Are you talking about under the intake manifold at the front where the rubber "donut" grommet is? If so why the hell would you do that?? Coolant flows from the engine up thru the front of the oil cooler and out the back to the egr cooler. Once it goes thru the egr cooler it goes up thru the intake manifold and returned to the front cover where the rubber grommet you mentioned is located. If you plug that coolant can no longer flow thru the egr cooler and now becomes trapped. That coolant needs to be able to flow back thru the intake and into the front cover so it can be sent to the thermostat and back into the radiator.

 

check out bulletproof coolers and deletes they will pass the emissions visual you can also load a tune to kill the cel light but pass emissions if you choose the delete ,, most states will fail you if the cel is on

 

My opinion on turning the egr off and not blocking it is that it's a bad idea. If you turn it off it needs to be blocked. If egr is turned off but the flow of exhaust isn't blocked at the back of the egr cooler, the cooler won't last very long. Those hot exhaust gases are just trapped in the egr cooler, they have nowhere to escape to. At least with the valve functioning those gases can be somewhat cooler because it has a flow path. This is just my opinion on it so if i'm wrong and someone wants to correct me, I'm all ears.

If you have to pass emissions I don't know what to tell you. I personally would buy an 04 pipe that has no scoop, have it welded and then swap pipes once a year. Sounds like a pain in the ass but that's what I would do. Yes I know, Not everybody can do the work and nobody wants to shell out the $$ every year to have it done. It might sound stupid, silly and annoying but it would work.

 

OK so here is my question.... see what everyone thinks. the EGR delete kit is used in these trucks to stop head gasket problems. Head gasket problems occur when the oil cooler is clogged and causes the EOT to rise over 15 degrees difference from the ETC and therefore causes flash boiling, EGR cooler to flake and high pressures causing heads to lift off.

Now the above symptoms can be avoided by flushing your coolant and adding a coolant filter approx $125. The EGR Valve can be stopped from failing by simply cleaning it at the same time you do your oil changes, these generally fail due to poor maintenance and soot build up. So the only question left is does doing the EGR Delete give you any additional HP or simply just a piece of mind due to a poor maintenance concerns? EOT and ETC can be easy monitored, this is why i am wondering, just curious on everyone's thoughts?

 

An egr block may add a little more power. The exhaust that once flowed thru that back of the cooler will now be directed to the turbo. Power increase probably wouldn't be noticeable to you but it should be there. Deleting the flow of exhaust to the egr cooler will always give you a better piece of mind.

 

Just curious if the EGR Delete is worth the possible leaks that you could have from it rather than monitoring your readings within the cab and not having to worry about emissions testing, especially with such a small power gain.

 

What possible leaks? Block it at the up-pipe.

 

I am just saying taking it apart and putting in the delete could cause a leak in coolant or exhaust especially if it is not done right, not saying that it will, just weighing the differences in maintaining the system or deleting the system. If you trade in the truck eventually will the dealer check these things as it would limit their customer base if they live in a county that has emissions check?

 

That's because most of those kits are crap, some aren't. Read my previous post. That will eliminate any concern you just mentioned other than an emissions check. The truck will also retain a stock look and will pass any visual inspection.

 

With everyone except me running gauges these days anyone have recorded amount of egt reduction from full egr del after they have done this?