really need you help

[lndn]

my truck dose a lot of hissing when I 1st start it up I'm in Canada and its winter and cold, not much power if I just go the hissing gets higher, and the van hardly moves... if I let it warm up for a very long time say 20 minutes its good to drive and hissing goes away... there is no check engine light on to indicate there's a problem .

I think I found the problem and I took a photo of it but its such a small area it would be very hard to get at to fix.. its a rusted line with a large hole as seen in the photo, looking inside the hole its a black looking stuff, dose not look like any type of oil, I need this truck for work every cold morning

please help this is a large 16 foot cube van 1999 7.3

[jesilvas]

The ebpv is hissing. Normal cold weather warm up.
Go to the 99 7.3 general section, stickies describe it.
That tube looks like the ebs tube. I think dieselorings.com sells them

I made my Samsung SGH-I997 send this.

[KMA Towing]

its your EPBV (Exhaust Pressure Bypass Valve) making the noise.
if working properly you can press the petal down 30% or more and it will open up and you "should" move.

after the motor is warm it will open up and the noise will go away.

the crap in the tube can be cleaned out.
remove the tube and stand upwright and fill with brake clean. let stand for 2 hours then blast the crap out with air. should work for you.

the EPBV is supposed to help the truck warm up faster.... worthless if you ask me.
under the turbo on the side facing the front of the truck you will find a 2 wire plug with a metal retainer. move the retainer and unplug when motor is OFF then go start the truck. the EPBV is open when off.
the truck should sound a lot better now

many people gut there EPBV and others just unplug it... then some change the pedestal altogether eliminating it entirely.

the choice is yours

[lndn]

thanks, if it dose no harm I will just unhook the wire...

just one question, the line in the photo has a big hole as you can see, when I unplug the wire do I still need to fix that hole?

thank you.

Originally Posted by KMA Towing

its your EPBV (Exhaust Pressure Bypass Valve) making the noise.
if working properly you can press the petal down 30% or more and it will open up and you "should" move.

after the motor is warm it will open up and the noise will go away.

the crap in the tube can be cleaned out.
remove the tube and stand upwright and fill with brake clean. let stand for 2 hours then blast the crap out with air. should work for you.

the EPBV is supposed to help the truck warm up faster.... worthless if you ask me.
under the turbo on the side facing the front of the truck you will find a 2 wire plug with a metal retainer. move the retainer and unplug when motor is OFF then go start the truck. the EPBV is open when off.
the truck should sound a lot better now

many people gut there EPBV and others just unplug it... then some change the pedestal altogether eliminating it entirely.

the choice is yours

[lndn]

could you please show me a photo of that wire, I'm scared to pull off the wrong wire

thanks again for all the help guys

[docweld]

I would say yes since that line is hooked into your exhaust manifold so you will have an exhaust leek if it is not blocked.

[docweld]

I have my turbo off right now so I can not show you on the truck like you would see but the plug is on the pedestal under where the turbo bolts down and behind/under the intake spider. hope this helps. I could take a pic of the plug with it off the truck if you need

[lndn]

I found this photo on the internet I have not had a chance to go out to have a look because poring rain right now... but I uploaded the photo so you can have a look

thanks

Originally Posted by docweld

I have my turbo off right now so I can not show you on the truck like you would see but the plug is on the pedestal under where the turbo bolts down and behind/under the intake spider. hope this helps. I could take a pic of the plug with it off the truck if you need

[jesilvas]

That is only the ebps wire, not the ebpv wire. You can unplug the valve wire at the base of the turbo pedestal. Only one there.
Fix the ebps tube and leave it plugged in. the pcm uses it for fueling and other things

I made my Samsung SGH-I997 send this.

[lndn]

WOW I unplugged what you call the ebps plug there is 3 wires on that plug,

I then started the truck giving it no time to warm up I put it in drive and went for a drive, absolutely no air sound at all, after driving it a bit I can see the engine is warm and I punched it to the floor...

unbelievable!! no air sound and mega power I have never felt before, I just ( got this van last year ) so I never knew there was more power in till now..

So you are saying regardless I have taken off the wrong wire? and I need to take off the ebpv wire?

there is no check engine light on and no air sound right now so is it necessary to put that wire back on and take off the ebpv wire ?

I was reading here: Exhaust Back Pressure Sensor - Location??? - Diesel Forum - TheDieselStop.com

but that post goes back to 2008


thanks again, I'm excited because I use this van for moving, and when I'm done a move ready to fallow the customer to his next drop off location I'm not able to because the van makes a big hissing sound and very low driving power that's not able to keep up with customers ..

Originally Posted by jesilvas

That is only the ebps wire, not the ebpv wire. You can unplug the valve wire at the base of the turbo pedestal. Only one there.
Fix the ebps tube and leave it plugged in. the pcm uses it for fueling and other things

I made my Samsung SGH-I997 send this.