Hi, New member and first post.
Last summer replaced the EGR and Cooler in my 2004 6.0 Ford. 4x4 auto 250 super duty crew cab. Cost me thousands! Only 162,000km on truck and yesterday started blowing white smoke AGAIN. Did make it home and the smoke volume did go down on the drive. Occasionally hauls horse trailer and that's it aside from grocery runs.
Have read that the cooler can be eliminated?? Yes or no and is it recommended?
This truck has been used relatively little in terms of distance driven since last smoke problem and replacements mentioned. Is this a common problem with 6 litre power stroke engines?

Any comments or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Thanks

 

Blew head gaskets on mine no tunes towing egr was not leaking. Don't drive it unless you what to buy heads also 1500 each.

 

Did you replace the oil cooler when you replaced the EGR cooler?

From what I have read here, it could be the EGR cooler again, especially if you didn't replace the oil cooler when you replaced the EGR cooler the first time. Restricted water flow in the oil cooler causes the EGR cooler (same coolant loop) to overheat and crack. Either that or a blown head gasket.

Like Mako said, don't drive it until you find out what is causing the problem.

Later,

Keith

 

Thanks guys,

Yes [I] did replace the oil cooler (sorry actually forgot that the shop did that) and all parts of OEM from Ford (which may or may not haave been a good thing???

 

As a newbie myself I have exhausted my knowledge Hopefully a veteran member sees the thread and replies.

Good luck,

Keith

 

Like others have said you really need to determine the health of the oil cooler, as it's usually the root cause of blown EGR coolers and blown headgaskets. At this point the easy thing would be to pull the EGR valve and look into the intake manifold. If it's really wet in there then the EGR cooler is likely ruptured. I would go ahead and delete it as long as you live in an area where they don't do emissions visual tests. Delete kits are in the $150-$300 price range now. I would suggest adding a coolant filter to your truck ASAP. It will help keep deposits out of the coolant system, which are thought to cause the oil cooler clogging...which leads to low coolant flow and superheating the coolant and blowing the EGR cooler/headgaskets etc... The best way to keep an eye on the oil cooler is an oil temp gauge and a coolant temp gauge, and monitor the difference between the two. As they spread farther apart (~15* seems to be the magic number between good and bad) you can tell the cooler is clogging. Yes, these are quite common issues on the 6.0's. I would highly recommend a coolant filter on every 6.0 out there...

 

Appreciate your comments and advice. Will have a coolant filter in before we drive again.
Sounds like an inexpensive way to avoid another new cooler, and man that is an expensive install.
Thanks again