EBP sensor tube freezing up.

AKpowerstroke · Dec 4, 2012

Has anyone had their EBP sensor tube freeze up with I've after doing an EGR delete? Is there a fix to this? I live in Alaska and it's been 10 below for the last couple weeks.

Dzchey21 · Dec 4, 2012

Clean or replace it

AKpowerstroke · Dec 4, 2012

I'm thawing it out now and am going to clean it just wondering if there is a solution to this so it doesn't happen again.

redx · Dec 4, 2012

mine froze quite frequently without a winterfront, since i added one, no problems!

Atsah · Dec 4, 2012

It's a common problem here in Maine with trucks that plow snow without a front cover..

Dave · Dec 4, 2012

6.0s and 6.4s are known for it

Tree Trimmer · Dec 5, 2012

i plow snow, don't have use winter front, and where is this tube you speak of??

it sounds like something i should address for this winter that is supposed to be here, but is attempting to be fashionably late.

CamTom12 · Dec 5, 2012

I ended up replacing mine last year, but kept the old stuff to clean out. It was a pretty decent price for the new ones, so I haven't bothered trying to clean the old yet.

I understand it happens from extended idling in cold weather (moisture in the exhaust plus soot = big mess to plug up and freeze in your EBP tube.

On another note, I noticed one day as the plug started thawing and dropping down the tube that it caused an erroneously low EBP reading and subsequent higher VGT DC. I think I saw like 10-15psi MGP at high idle. The truck warmed right up like that. Someone should incorporate a higher VGT DC into the idle tables in their tunes to help with cold weather warm up.

AKpowerstroke · Dec 5, 2012

It's the tube that goes down to the egr piping the sensor is located right next to the turbos on the driver side. I have an erg delete so there is no gasses going through that pipe to keep it thawed. It froze up on me again tonight so I unplugged the sensor and it seams to be running good so far.

CamTom12 · Dec 5, 2012

AKpowerstroke said:
It's the tube that goes down to the egr piping the sensor is located right next to the turbos on the driver side. I have an erg delete so there is no gasses going through that pipe to keep it thawed.

I have an EGR delete too. If you replace or clean the tube and sensor out, there's nothing that'll need thawing. The carbon slush that's effecting it isn't supposed to be in there.

clayton · Dec 5, 2012

I had to clean mine the other day. Kept getting P2563. Hasnt come on since I cleaned it saturday.

BFT · Dec 6, 2012

They're pretty easy to get to. I had to change my sensor since it went bad. Bought the tube and sensor from sunrise for less then $70.
Takes about 10 min to do the tube and sensor.

I would think the other way of not having that problem with the tube when doing the EGR delete, is to remove the EGR catalyst, tap the block off plate and put it in that location.

redx · Dec 6, 2012

BFT said:
They're pretty easy to get to. I had to change my sensor since it went bad. Bought the tube and sensor from sunrise for less then $70.
Takes about 10 min to do the tube and sensor.

I would think the other way of not having that problem with the tube when doing the EGR delete, is to remove the EGR catalyst, tap the block off plate and put it in that location.

This is the way i have done mine, except that i kept the tube in place. Is there any reasoning of the tube(keeping heat down on the sensor), or would it be fine directly mounted to the plate?