6.0 egr cooler failure

[bla00241]

My egr cooler and oil cooler failed last weekend in my 2005 6.0 psd. I installed the predature about 1 year ago. I know ford has had problems with the egr valves, coolers, etc., on this engine, but could the predator have caused this by the exhaust running hotter than factory?

[SCGt94]

doubtful, the metal on those coolers is uber thin and break constantly on those trucks. Excessive exhaust heat is probably not exactly GOOD per say but high egts when running a tune don't last very long. I can see excessive heat for long periods of time possibly doing damage but we arent just talking egr coolers at that point, we are talking about motor damage.

These are one of the few vehicles if not the only that i would ever suggest an egr delete on.

[axiom]

both of your failures are very common on the 6.0 the EGR and cooler delete is almost as necessary as keeping clean oil in the system.