Puked...how concerned?

MINK · May 18, 2011

Been running on the Idp street tune all week, loaded up the extreme street for the first time (usually run street or extreme race) and the bastage puked..there wasnt many water spots but my degas bottle wasnt as clean as it was...I cleaned everything, checked the oil and loaded another tune. No leaks either. Gonna see if it pukes again I guess...My question is...how common is this? My headgaskets automaticly blown?

08 Job1
stock egr in place (turned off)
all stock besides tunes/exaust
71,000 miles
2,500 tuned miles

Dzchey21 · May 19, 2011

Chances are its the EGR that caused the puke

Mine had been puking on stock gaskets egr in place and there were no tracks on the gaskets from coolant so i think it was the EGR, some will say gaskets but i wouldnt atribute it to that just yet.

Get blocker plates and see what that does, but i think the real problem is the heat that builds up in the coolers

Jeff@Spartan · May 19, 2011

Flash boiling EGR coolers is a common cause of puking. Also, you might want to try replacing your degas bottle cap. It could be bad.

MINK · May 19, 2011

I've been planing on puting the plates in (actually they're sitting right here) but have read alot about to much backpressure and what not....I think I may go ahead and put them in anyways. Thanks Dustin now I'm atleast hopefull the cab doesnt need to be pulled just yet

MINK · May 19, 2011

08stroker250 said:
Flash boiling EGR coolers is a common cause of puking. Also, you might want to try replacing your degas bottle cap. It could be bad.

so maybe a new cap/blocker plates will be where I start

StockCar#10 · May 19, 2011

Def do the blocker plates if not full egr delete.

BFT · May 19, 2011

Do the cap for the degas bottle and see what happens or you can do both. Good luck bud

Red_93_L · May 19, 2011

Mine started puking a couple months ago. I went to ford and bought a new cap for $10 just to try that and it quit puking. It's worth a shot at least.

MINK · May 19, 2011

Good deal, thanks guys

Rudy's Diesel Performance · May 19, 2011

The dealership should be able to test the cap to see if its bad. We can pressure test the caps here.

StockCar#10 · May 19, 2011

I can get you the snapon pressure tester pn?

InnovativeDiesel · May 19, 2011

Agreed, most likely the coolant flashing or EGR itself. I haven't seen any concerns.

WoodBoy · May 23, 2011

Cant believe you puked on exstreet.. I run it round the clock with no problems

MINK · May 24, 2011

WoodBoy said:
Cant believe you puked on exstreet.. I run it round the clock with no problems

thats the only tune that its ever happened on, ran it all weekend on xrace then towed 12k on street tune and havnt had a single issue. I think it was just a freak kinda thing.