how likely

[oilburner]

how likely is the white smoke coming out the exhaust and the empty degas bottle just a bad egr cooler. the valve was unplugged for a couple years then just plugged back in. no programmer just stock.

 

[Mikeh1725]

Pull the egr valve and look for sludge

 

[oilburner]

pulled the valve tonite and it was pretty gunky. but down the hole was sooty. whats that mean?

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

Fill the bottle. Jack the ass end of the truck way up in the air. Pressurize the cooling system with the valve out and look down the EGR hole. I bet you'll see antifreeze.

 

[kyle43335]

Fill the bottle. Jack the ass end of the truck way up in the air. Pressurize the cooling system with the valve out and look down the EGR hole. I bet you'll see antifreeze.

Dont even have to jack it up. Pressureize and start it. Instant results

 

[oilburner]

sweet thanks guys. ill give that a try.

 

[oilburner]

how would i "pressurize" the system? could i use water to fill up?

 

[Big Angry Hillbilly]

As long as you're gonna drain it very soon just use water, no point in wasting antifreeze. Water will freeze though so be careful.

Pressure tester.