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Old 07-08-2013, 11:07 PM   #428 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by darcane View Post
Bugger.

Some of these symptoms sound the same as what I'm seeing on my HX. I'm smelling a whiff of smoke on startup and occasionally getting a miss trouble code (multiple cylinders though) shortly after starting it when it's cold. I'm guessing it is a bad valve seal. Or maybe a plugged EGR? (<---wishful thinking?)
I never did clean my EGR passages "manifold" block. I have a sneaking suspicion that lack of EGR through those clogged passages may have helped cause cylinder/valve overheating.
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