Could be your gas pedal glitching. I know in some of the older fords with electronic pedals, if you held the pedal down it wouldn’t start it would just crank over and over until you released the pedal, it could be you pressing the pedal is essentially finding the zero position to let it start
Look at your local heavy equip mechanic shops (dozers, loaders, ect) as most of the time they have a mechanic that can make it happen. The equippment industry is used to working on engines in place and should be able to help. If the shop won’t do it, a mechanic on the side will
I fear mine was starting to go when I blew a boot on intercooler piping, but it seems to be holding on. What was odd, I never received any codes indicating low boost pressure, only the dummy lightning bolt! Looking back, would a body lift kit have allowed for a few extra inches of accessing the...
My guess is the tune took care of egr operation as I’m unaware of any tune, other than a cali compliant tune that would do that. Try unplugging it and if no codes pop up it’s off and your safe!
What brand is your tune? Typically when you lose dpf you lose egr as the system is hand in hand. If you unplug the two plugs on egr, and start the engine, that will tell you if it’s operating or not by an instant check engine light. You can buy the diffuser delete plates pretty cheap and leave...
I’m unaware of anyone who has done it on anything other than the pcv side as the idea behind it is to stop oil from cycling through the intake air side of the turbo.
IMO it looks like egr has failed and is allowing soot and coolant into the intake. I say that because typically the soot buildup is dry, that looks wet. Per SKT, when I got my tune it showed egr was still active. I unplugged the 2 plugs going to it and did not have any errors pop up. So, if you...