This one concerns me quite a bit, a lot in fact. I'd appreciate if anyone could weigh in as this is my first time owning/daily driving a deleted diesel. I recently picked up a 2017 powerstroke which I have since deleted with a 5" exhaust (bolt on) and a series of EGR block-off plates that allow me to retain the EGR cooler. Ever since the delete I've been experiencing symptoms of what I perceive to be carbon monoxide poisoning, as I tend to end every drive feeling somewhat spacey and lightheaded (short trips included), a feeling that persists throughout the day even hours after a drive, which may sound insane. I understand that carbon monoxide isn't abundant in the diesel combustion process, unless in-efficient fueling takes place leading to unburned fuel, which doesn't necessarily apply to me (in its fullest capacity) as I'm running a stock HP tune with stock fuel pressure and injectors etc. In other words I'm not running around town with all my windows rolled down while I spew concentrated black soot everywhere and question why i'm inhaling residual fumes. Although a small amount of black soot can be emitted at higher throttle and in overdrive gears I'm generally unable to produce (noticeable) coal while under normal operation, so I don't routinely get any remote smell of diesel in the cab unless I have my windows down while stationary. Because I'm unable to discern an odor coming from the HVAC or any other area within the cab I assume it can only be carbon monoxide that may be contributing to this issue, although my assumptions are very naive as I'm unaware of what compounds diesel fumes can emit. To clarify, this is something that occurs regardless of whether the windows are up or down.
I haven't performed any modifications to the turbo housing or the exhaust manifold since I have gotten the truck, so there's not a chance those could be malaligned. The only areas I have tampered with that could possibly lead to an exhaust leak are the EGR block-off plates, particularly the one which bolts directly to the exhaust manifold which I have torqued down firmly to 89 inch-lbs with its factory gasket installed, and the bolt-on exhaust which spans from the factory downpipe back. I have searched the entire bay and haven't noticed any obvious signs of leakage, the firewall by the turbo housing remains unintroduced to soot and correspondingly the EGR plate which bolts direct to the exhaust manifold represents no signs of soot leakage. I have searched all of the bolt-on exhaust flanges/couplers and again, no substantial amount of soot leakage is present if at all, there also aren't any noises escaping through any points in the exhaust connections.
I believe this issue has only been alive since I've deleted my truck, and I'm stumped to say the least, there's absolutely no smell in the cab and no obvious signs of an exhaust leak. Maybe this is all in my head? While this rambling likely sounds zany as can be, I'm wondering if anyone else out there has experienced anything remotely similar to the poorly described situation above. The symptoms I'm experiencing seem incredibly improbable unless I were to negligently inhale diesel fumes on purpose, as there's certainly no way that a trivial exhaust leak could lead to immediate lightheadedness when the windows are rolled up with the HVAC recirc enabled. I'm trying to determine if this is something entirely unrelated to my deleted truck and caused by an external factor, or if this is a serious issue that has some plausibility. I bought a carbon monoxide detector that I'm going to leave plugged in to the 110v outlet for the time being. Thank you for reading my incoherent rambie, lol, I'd appreciate any input although I'm not really sure how anyone would be able to respond to such a bizarre story. Being new to the delete world, I just want to know if such a thing is possible.
I haven't performed any modifications to the turbo housing or the exhaust manifold since I have gotten the truck, so there's not a chance those could be malaligned. The only areas I have tampered with that could possibly lead to an exhaust leak are the EGR block-off plates, particularly the one which bolts directly to the exhaust manifold which I have torqued down firmly to 89 inch-lbs with its factory gasket installed, and the bolt-on exhaust which spans from the factory downpipe back. I have searched the entire bay and haven't noticed any obvious signs of leakage, the firewall by the turbo housing remains unintroduced to soot and correspondingly the EGR plate which bolts direct to the exhaust manifold represents no signs of soot leakage. I have searched all of the bolt-on exhaust flanges/couplers and again, no substantial amount of soot leakage is present if at all, there also aren't any noises escaping through any points in the exhaust connections.
I believe this issue has only been alive since I've deleted my truck, and I'm stumped to say the least, there's absolutely no smell in the cab and no obvious signs of an exhaust leak. Maybe this is all in my head? While this rambling likely sounds zany as can be, I'm wondering if anyone else out there has experienced anything remotely similar to the poorly described situation above. The symptoms I'm experiencing seem incredibly improbable unless I were to negligently inhale diesel fumes on purpose, as there's certainly no way that a trivial exhaust leak could lead to immediate lightheadedness when the windows are rolled up with the HVAC recirc enabled. I'm trying to determine if this is something entirely unrelated to my deleted truck and caused by an external factor, or if this is a serious issue that has some plausibility. I bought a carbon monoxide detector that I'm going to leave plugged in to the 110v outlet for the time being. Thank you for reading my incoherent rambie, lol, I'd appreciate any input although I'm not really sure how anyone would be able to respond to such a bizarre story. Being new to the delete world, I just want to know if such a thing is possible.