[CrazyS0b]

If your truck is running well as it sits, don't do a cheap stud job... Start with a monitor and the basics. Flush the coolant and get ec1 in there, stand pipes, dummy plugs, stc fitting, blue spring, egr delete (or bpd cooler). Probably worth throwing new thermostats in as well... Check for exhaust leaks...

If you go in and do a cheap stud job, you are going to cause more problems than you will solve. If your truck is healthy, and you aren't towing I doubt you will have any unusual issues with your trip to Alaska. Check all the typical problem pigtails on the engine harness (ICP, IPR, VGT, etc.) and make sure they all look good and won't leave you stranded.



Don't go trying to spend money to fix something that isn't broken if you don't plan to do it 100%.

Just my 2 cents

 

[CrazyS0b]

If you have the money to tear it apart and do everything, its worth doing... But, there is no cheap way to do it unfortunately. As long as you keep on top of things that need to be done and you monitor the truck, you are going to know when its time to bite the bullet.

Ohh, and don't run anything other than stock or a tow tune...................

 

[CrazyS0b]

I would absolutely rid yourself of the egr cooler, or at the very least throw a bpd egr cooler in there. If your oil cooler clogs, it will starve the egr cooler of coolant and cause it to rupture. Ruptured egr coolers send coolant into the cylinders, thus causing blown head gaskets as well. Its a spiral effect.