Part of the great debate as to why 6.0L Power Strokes have such a bad reputation for reliability is directly linked to their use of exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). When we imagine a diesel ...

Because it's an engine designed to be built as cheaply as possible and the price cutting on the 1.6 EA189 led to the emissions defeat programming that was a cheap way of fooling the emissions test on ...

Most diesel engines in the U.S. use a combination of technologies to reduce emissions. Usually there will be a diesel particulate filter (DPF), selective catalytic reduction (SCR) with urea (DEF fluid ...

This story appears in the Sept. 20 print edition of Transport Topics. The main problems owners of 2008 heavy-duty engines have encountered involve the exhaust gas recirculation system and the engine ...

While most of the early problems have been engineered out of the exhaust gas recirculation systems on today’s clean diesel engines, corroded coolers, stuck valves and other problems still plague ...

Plugged exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) coolers are the bane of every diesel pickup owner. These radiators plumbed into the intake system do their job at keeping the air we breathe healthier by ...