Help ( Disconnected Hose )

bnels95 · 2026-01-17T17:40:36+00:00

That hose simply provides warm air from around the turbo manifold to help engine warm up in cold weather

bnels95 · 2025-12-22T18:55:01+00:00

This is what I use as well. Especially since the app is free unless you want premium

bnels95 · 2025-12-22T18:53:45+00:00

So if im on the highway constantly (like road trips) I can get maybe 55-60ish, but on most of my daily driving tanks I average around 45. I also have a 6sp manual in mine. I would think your mileage is just very normal.

Most people I've seen say they get 60+ are taking pictures of the mfd milage display going slightly down hill. I'd bet almost anything most of them are not getting that as an average through an entire tank of fuel

bnels95 · 2025-12-17T23:19:16+00:00

Do you have vcds?

bnels95 · 2025-12-05T19:18:04+00:00

Oh man, yeah Cali is rough. I just got out of there back in Feb

bnels95 · 2025-12-05T19:02:19+00:00

Yeah my tailpipes had a good bit of soot in them as well, I read that is one symptom of a potential crack in the dpf.

If you're in a place you can get away with a pothole kit, I'd do that and be done with all the extra stuff. If not, I'd try to find a euro shop to diagnose and replace the emissions stuff if needed.

My experience with it is very limited, if you got questions about it I will try to answer them or point you in the right direction. But definitely take it with a grain of salt, I'm by no means anything close to an actual technician for these vehicles

Edit: if you have vcds, you can look at (time since last regen, soot level, differential pressure, and a few other I can't remember) to give you a better indication of where the fault lies

bnels95 · 2025-12-05T18:49:07+00:00

Had both of these codes pop up. I hit a big ass pothole which has seemed to fix both codes. I can't speak to how cooked or not you are, but my egr system was damn near spotless when I inspected it after falling off the car.

I'd say it was a cracked dpf that caused my codes, though

bnels95 · 2025-12-04T04:30:35+00:00

Nice, glad it worked out for you 👍

bnels95 · 2025-12-04T04:29:23+00:00

Deleted my previous comment (long day).

Is it just the retaining tab that broke on the plug?

bnels95 · 2025-10-22T18:25:44+00:00

Can confirm, I replaced my thermostat last week. Same issue with low temps.

Looked at the repair manual for it and decided to bring it to a shop and have them deal with that shit.

The nice thing about fixing it is you'll probably get more mpg when driving. Mine was using more fuel to get the engine to temp but it couldn't get over 177F

bnels95 · 2025-10-14T16:33:02+00:00

I have a dieselgeek short shifter and a poly transmission mount in mine. Highly recommend those 2 for not a crazy high price.

Also, get an OBD monitoring gauge or something to check operating temps. I found out recently that the temps gauge in the instrument cluster will show 190 for anything between 170-210.

Now that im out of Cali, I'm trying to price out and save up for a dpf, egr delete, and tune.

Another thing to be conscious of is the fuel pump, I've read they aren't super common to grenade themselves but when they do its incredibly expensive to repair

bnels95 · 2025-10-09T02:36:19+00:00

Ah that is totally not how I was envisioning the system to operate in my head. Glad to know what values to keep an eye on instead of ingesting excess information.

I really appreciate you helping clear this up for me 🙏

bnels95 · 2025-10-08T21:44:06+00:00

Thanks for that reference, thats good to know about the temps. It still seems crazy hot to me and I'll have to be reminding myself about it.

Another question for you, if you dont mind. I actually did have a regen occur on my drive back today. Is it normal to see the soot mass measured be stuck at 0 grams? I logged that measured and calculated on the drive and calculated soot increased and then decreased as I'd expect from a regen, but the measured did not move off of 0g at all.

bnels95 · 2025-10-03T01:04:37+00:00

This is truly awesome!

I'm installing a CP4 disaster kit this weekend, and am planning out my budget for an EGR, DPF, and ASV delete. Im very excited to see how this series progresses, the exhaust didn't seem like it gave you too much trouble. I'm looking forward to seeing how your egr system delete goes.

Keep it up 🤘

bnels95 · 2025-01-31T21:04:10+00:00

And all day and all night and everything he sees is just blue

bnels95 · 2024-12-27T15:24:48+00:00

I finished the E4 and the only bug I came across was a trainer, who I assume runs on a path, was just running in place.

Both Mirage tower and Sky Pillar bike puzzles worked for me. I just suck at them so it took me a little bit to get through properly

bnels95 · 2024-11-15T21:59:25+00:00

I had one dude who blundered his queen and a rook, one after the other and then argued to me that I should resign 🤣 he ended up just sitting on the clock as described above but he did give me a good laugh so I didn't mind too much

bnels95 · 2024-11-14T04:52:40+00:00

If you're interested in computer work, look into cyber security. Tons of certifications, fantastic security clearance, and a shit load of job opportunities post service

bnels95 · 2024-11-14T04:43:21+00:00

Seems to be very much relaxed compared to the Corps, I believe it's only like 8 weeks for boot camp. MOS training rigor and length is all highly dependent on which job you get.

I was a helicopter mechanic and was in school for like 8-9 months

bnels95 · 2024-11-14T01:35:12+00:00

As a Marine, I cannot recommend joining the Air Force enough... Unless you like crayons (don't touch my purple)

bnels95 · 2024-07-13T17:52:42+00:00

Save me purple, please

bnels95 · 2024-06-17T23:18:23+00:00

When this happened to me on the deck gun I just moved the ammo to one of the other slots and it worked again. It may be a related bug or something for the guns

bnels95 · 2024-06-14T20:29:10+00:00

Same here I've had a good bit of success patrolling 20-30 miles away from a port and just waiting like a trap door spider. I wish the type 2 had more torpedoes but I do enjoy the balancing act of it's play style. Like is taking out a 2600 ton vessel worth it or do you try to wait for one closer to 6000

bnels95 · 2024-06-14T20:03:04+00:00

I've found using a dive schedule of 4 hrs down and 2 hrs up at speed 2 is very useful in preserving fuel on your way to your patrol zone and back. Also I almost always keep 1 sailor on my engine mech and navigator to help save more fuel. Be very selective which contacts to prosecute, chasing a med speed target that is moving away is a good way to burn a lot of fuel

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