Troubleshooting guide

SERIES 60 EGR TECHNICIAN'S GUIDE

1 INTRODUCTION

The Series 60 EGR Technician's Guide is intended to be used by a qualified service technician

familiar with Detroit Diesel electronically controlled (DDEC) diesel engines and to provide a

better understanding of the EGR system to improve the diagnosing of a Series 60

EGR system.

NOTE:

The Series 60 EGR system will be supported in the near future.

Prerequisites for effective diagnosis include the following topics:

Knowledge of both the engine and vehicle principles of operation.

Ability to perform and to understand service manual and troubleshooting manual

procedures.

Availability and training to use gages and diagnostic test equipment.

Familiarization of the computer software associated with DDC products.

An essential tool to properly diagnose a nd troubleshoot a DDEC IV or DDEC V Series 60

EGR e ngine is the Detroit Diesel Diagnostic Link

(DDDL).

This tool will provide you all the help you will need as it contains proper troubleshooting

information for all products.

NOTE:

It is absolutely critical that you understand the EGR system to be qualified to offer any

type of proper diagnostics. Do not waste time trying to troubleshoot a DDC product,

you are not qualified to troubleshoot. Your company may incur wasted labor hours. If

you are qualified t o perform a troubleshooting task and have spent more than one hour

on that task, STOP, and contact DDC Technical Assistance. Once you have discussed

your options with a technical support person, you can perform the required tests and

evaluations. Please keep in contact with your technical support person. This allows

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All information subject to change without notice. (Rev. April 2004) 1-1