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Jun 18, 2007 | 07:25 PM

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Grumpy5.3

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Originally Posted by gmtechnician

dont cuss this tip. its so you dont burn your leg off. the exhaust can get up to 1100 degrees. there is a procedure with the tech 2 to burn the **** out of the filter where it gets the exhaust temp to 1800 for 30 min.

what he said, we got visited by an engineer, he told us a story about a HAY farmer that bought a new D-max. Took it to the exhaust shopand had it cut off, went home, backed into his barn, and burned it down!!!! he got the truck out, but the barn was toast!!!

Jun 19, 2007 | 09:43 AM

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Tootall

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Originally Posted by red4x4chevy

It is for the filter on the new diesels that heats really hot to clean itself. The tip is suposed to draw in outside air to help cool the exhaust. Suposedly without the exhaust tip like that the exhaust is so hot when the filter cleans itself it will burn the paint off the car next to you at a stop light.

a filter that can clean it's self?

Jun 19, 2007 | 04:22 PM

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screamingjimmy

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so are we gonna see fires started in fields from this filter, cause you can't drive a half-ton gasser very far before it's cats start heating up crop!