Exhaust Brakes

[myfirstford]

My '05 F-450 has a BD Exhaust Brake http://www.bd-power.com/ford/product.php?pn=Exhaust Brakes&tt=ford installed in Oct '05 and I was warned to remove it last July after the tech people already told me the the 6.0 has excellent compression hold back after 3000 rpm (B.S.!!) and if I didn't remove it the coupler between the EGR and CAC would blow off and do about a grand worth of damage in parts and labour. Is this just BS? BD claims that their set up closes the EGR and will not do any harm, I really need to keep this brake on as I'm not willing to risk killing my engine by allowing it to over rev that high when going down a 14% grade fully loaded (8 tons fully loaded trailer and the truck weighs 4 tons also) or do a premature brake job. Please help me.

 

[oi8228oi]

welcome
sounds like BS and if ya have a problem and can prove that its the exhaust brake you can go after BD.... good luck

 

[RoyBoy]

My '05 F-450 has a BD Exhaust Brake http://www.bd-power.com/ford/product.php?pn=Exhaust Brakes&tt=ford installed in Oct '05 and I was warned to remove it last July after the tech people already told me the the 6.0 has excellent compression hold back after 3000 rpm (B.S.!!) and if I didn't remove it the coupler between the EGR and CAC would blow off and do about a grand worth of damage in parts and labour. Is this just BS? BD claims that their set up closes the EGR and will not do any harm, I really need to keep this brake on as I'm not willing to risk killing my engine by allowing it to over rev that high when going down a 14% grade fully loaded (8 tons fully loaded trailer and the truck weighs 4 tons also) or do a premature brake job. Please help me.

More foolisness from a dealer. I have a USgear unit, no problems. Enjoy.
Never thought about the EGR issue. I guess I don't have to worry, mine is disabled
BTW, welcome to the site Fill in your sig when you get a chance, and visit here often.

 

[myfirstford]

How did you disable it??

 

[RoyBoy]

How did you disable it??

-Warning, illegal operations ahead-

Got ahold of a second EGR, mounted next to existing one, plugged harness into "dummy" unit.
I don't know if this will be OK on an '05, it might set off a CEL.
If BD says it close EGR, it probably is fine.

 

[myfirstford]

Why didn't I think of that??