Sorry if this is in the wrong forum. I did look for a potenial buyers forum.

Hi guy. Been lerking here and on other forums for a couple weeks now. I'm thinking about buying one of these jeeps for my wife. I'm new here, but not to the game. I've read the EGR is a problem with these diesels. Not a big surprise. It's a problem with all diesels. No engine should have to breathe it's own sh*t! I just deleted the EGR on my 06 F350 powerstroke diesel. I do all my own mechanical work and custom fab.

I've read that the EGR delete can be bought on this site and it's been in testing for some time now. That's good to know. How is this working out? Can the valve be removed, plated, but left pluged in to not cause the CEL? Or will it not throw a CEL and just a soft code?

I've read to stay away from 05 and early 06 jeeps as they have over heating problems, trans and torque converter issues as well.

Is there anything else i should be looking at or missed?

I'm a die hard diesel fan and can't wait to get my wife in to one.

that's for the help, guys

~Jon

Jon

If you eliminate 05 and early 06 CRD’s there’s none left in the North American market as production of 06 CRD’s was ended in early summer of 06.

There is not and has never been a overheating problem but the temperature guage was originally calibrated wrong showing it running hot. There was a flash to fix that long ago. They actually run cool expecially since the thermostats have started failing.

CRD’s produced before November 05 had a badly designed torque converter prone to early failure and they have mostly been replaced. The replacement had problems with shudder and chrysler’s solution was to reduce torque by 40 foot pounds and raise the shift points above the peak torque range to get them out of warranty.
There are now several torque converters including one from Chrysler, that can handle the original and more torque of the engine. There are various tunes available to restore the original performance and more of the 2.8 VWM engine. There are also at least two solutions for a better transmission tune.

There are solutions available for the EGR problem and there is no need to plate the EGR or remove hardware leaving it able to pass an emission visual in locals that have them.

For a vehicle with only 14,000 produced for the NA market there’s a supprising amount of aftermarket support

There are solutions for all of the bean counter engineering problems and you can find them here

Expect little to no dealer knowledge, expensive and long wait times on some parts. And are able to do your own repairs with LOST as your main tech support then you’re a candidate to own one. If you drive a Toyota a CRD is not for you and if that Toyota is a Prius you’ll get stoned here

These are a one of a kind vehicle for the North American market. There has not and most likely will not be another mid size diesel powered SUV here since the Renault diesel powered Cherokee back in the early 1980’s and a few rare International Scouts. It is a supprisingly capable vehicle and a good towing vehicle for trailers to it’s rated 5000#.

Joe

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This is a good read for any newbie.

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Oh, Make sure you tell the Prius driving Yuppie that his/her Starbucks Coffee is contaminated by Synthetic Di-Hydrogen Monoxide (Key Active Ingredient in Prius Repellent).

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SEGR plus the plate is the best way to prevent infecting the intake with EGR.

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