EGT sensor 13

[mchan68]

Is it just me, or has anyone else encountered difficulty removing EGT 13? My first one here, and I've had to maintain cherry red heat around it, for the damn thing to even turn.

[Tony302600]

everyone i have done i had to heat the shit outta it. Only a stock unit i took one off of didn't require heating, came right out.

[DamageINC]

Yeah, I had to heat them like crazy to get 'em out. And so far, twice on DPF replacements, the pressure tube for the sensor was so badly locked in that the whole bung snapped off with the tube.

 

Fortunately, I found that the DPFP tube threads are the same NPT threads as your average male 1/4 air fitting, and it works PERFECTLY in place of the old tube.

 

Dave

[Mekanik]

I had one today that I had to heat the pipe cherry red. It loosened up really nice and then just stopped. It ended up breaking off in the DPF pipe. I took the DPF out, was able to clean the threads up just enough for the rest of the sensor to come out. Then I ran a tap down and it is as good as new.

 

Last week I had a EGT1 sensor that was stuck in the RH turbo up-pipe. That thing would only turn 1/4 turn and it was stuck. I grabbed a brand new tuck to "borrow" a EGT1 sensor and that thing was the same way. It turned 1/4 turn and it was stuck. The worst thing about that was that I just got done putting it together after doing a HP fuel pump, and I didn't even have a continious DTC when the truck came in. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/banghead.gif

 

I replaced 4 of theese EGT sensors last year and they all came out really easy, so I don't know what the deal is.

 

Theese 6.4s are going to drive me to drinking. /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/drinkingdude.gif