Anothre EGR problem 1500 miles after turbo replacement

Anothre EGR problem 1500 miles after turbo replacement

07-29-2009, 12:27 AM

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Anothre EGR problem 1500 miles after turbo replacement

Truck is a 2008 RAM 2500 with 6.7 L diesel, auto trans.

At 3524 miles it threw a P2662 code. The result was that the turbo was replaced. Full thread on this group here.

So now at 5294 miles (only 1770 miles later) I get a P0402 code which I decipher as "EGR: excessive flow detected". Meaning more EGR problems.

I was really hoping for a couple hundred thousand trouble free miles out of this engine. Not a visit to the dealer ever two or three thousand miles for turbo cleaning.

Since the last visit I have tried to use the truck as much as possible for trips, have been using the exhaust brake, and minimizing idle time - a bit of turbo cool down if coming off the highway, but not excessive idle. I'll make another dealer visit and see what's next. So far I'm not a big fan of this ERG system.

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