Egr cooler question

[Rawze]

{Not directed towards anyone, just making banter ... }


I know plenty of people who own newer engines that love them and would never own older equipment even if you had given it to them. It is simply a matter of understanding them and getting them to work for you instead of against you.

The bulk of people who have repeating problems with them are same people too lazy to work on them themselves, too cheap to invest in the right tools, and are too quick to run off to a dealer because they like the feeling of being raped in the arsse above getting dirty and having to learn something new. Good drivers will learn how to maintain it and keep after it themselves so they do not get raped, or come up with alternative methods to dealing with it BEFORE it gives them those kinds of headaches.

This industry has become full of Lazy Truckers that have the attitude that they are too "good" to get dirty and grab wrench. those types of drivers are always a check-engine light away from failure. I blame the mega-fleets for producing tens of thousands of drivers who are taught to do nothing but sit behind the wheel all day and call "breakdown" every time that light in the dash comes on. It is the mega-fleets with their mega-protective insurance companies telling them that their drivers are not allowed to do anything but hold that steering-wheel that makes them this way. God forbid they open the hood and scratch a fingernail, or get a grease stain in their pants. Thats grounds for a law-suit!@.

To them,.. It is -- Make the drivers as dumb as possible. Make them have as little responsibility as possible,.. that way they can pay them as little as possible and replace them because no actual skill is required. --- Then when they are fed up with that mega-ripp off companies attitude and low pay, they think they can go out and buy a truck, knowing NOTHING about how to actually own and maintain one,.. crying like mad when they are failing miserably because that EGR motor is keeping them in the shop all the time, instead of axctually finding out what it is going to take to make it out here.

It is this flood of attitude in this industry, and the fact that the stealerships are flooded with every truck with a check engine light, that makes for the real problem. that problem is that they are clearly taking advantage of EVERYONE with no quam about ripping you off, replacing expensive parts, and sending you down the road because they do not have the time of day to care. Why should they? -- There are another 50 trucks waiting for them to do the same thing to. -- Too much money and volume for them to slow down and do something right. Capitalism at its best!.

Reminds me of being an item in the check-out line at Wal-Mart. -- "Beep -- next,.. "Beep" -- next. -- driver: "Sir, can you look at mine extra carefully?" -- "Salesman: Sure,.. we care a LOT about you and your truck,..-- "Beep" -- next ... "'Salesman: "Oh,.. we took extra care,.. we made sure it went "beep" before calling out "NEXT" this time -- "Beep" .. next.. ---

That is just my own take on it, no one has to agree with this.