Heater Grid delete tips?

[walla2k5]

WORK CLEAN! Clean out all the ports where the connections are on the head before you remove the lines. I mean solvent and brush and plenty of degreasing and rinsing. Squeaky clean in those ports. It's very easy to catch grime built up when reinstalling the tubes. You DON'T want to get that into the injectors or tubes. Especially #5 and 6 where you have to use the braille system to connect the lines

Sound advise, I used Purple Power degreaser and a pressure washer. Dried it all off with a long reach air nozzle.

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[Polaraco]

I'm going to embark on this same project tomorrow if the wife lets me haha. I've been in the garage for three days now so who knows when she will finally snap LOL

I personally have never cleaned the engine in my truck. It has been cleaned before when i had it detailed but again I have not personally done it.

Is it OK to just spray around the block with a garden hose? I'm thinking I can get up early and put some degreaser around the intake/fuel lines and then just spray it all down. Take the truck for a drive to dry everything off then cone back with compressed air for anything that I may have missed.

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Sound advise, I used Purple Power degreaser and a pressure washer. Dried it all off with a long reach air nozzle.

Here's the problem. Crud collects back there and you can't see it. Especially in those last two cylinders, the area has to be clean to prevent from collecting contaminants, when install the feed line.. Since you are working blind back there, you can see, nor hose out the oily crud that collects in there. Spray in there with maybe some carb cleaner and then work a small paint brush around, then rinse it out. In fact, get a mirror and look in there to see how clean it is. It's very easy to get the feed line into that junk and then introduce it to your feed tube/injector. The tube has a sintered bronze filter in it, but it may not be enough to protect the injector. I can't tell you any other way. Get that junk out of there. You need to physically solvent the blind side to you and brush it. Then rinse it. There really isn't any short cuts unless you have a pressure washer that has a 90* tip.

I thought I had mine clean when I took it apart. Nope! Lemme tell you, it was a bear getting it clean. I ended up stuffing a golf Tee in the hole and using carb cleaner and a brush. It took a few shots. Remember th rinse the brush in solvent between applications. Then I blew it clean of any loose debri. Then washed it with the hose and simple green. I bad. But it worked

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[Blackgoat]

What's the benefit? welcome my grid heater in winter..

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[HKBIGDADDYDIESELDAN]

What's the benefit? welcome my grid heater in winter..

Much better running and generally give you better fuel mileage

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[Blackgoat]

Much better running and generally give you better fuel mileage

Is that Proven? I've not read that.. I have read it saves wear on your valve train (what it's designed for) I truly think we all can get "Too Deleted"
I heard a guy say he deleted his Common rail back to lift pump? Because he thought it got better fuel mileage? WTH?

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[theaaronbush]

Is that Proven? I've not read that.. I have read it saves wear on your valve train (what it's designed for) I truly think we all can get "Too Deleted"
I heard a guy say he deleted his Common rail back to lift pump? Because he thought it got better fuel mileage? WTH?

Sounds like he was blowing some smoke! Deleting the grid heater just removes that restriction for a little better air flow. I doubt you’ll see any benefit from it unless you have 150k miles on it and it’s solid soot! There are tons of restrictions in the intake and exhaust of these trucks and removing them just helps them inhale and exhale that much better.


2012 Ram 2500, 4x4, 3.73, 5” lift, 35" tires, Pure Performance TB, 5100s, 4" FloPro TBE, EGR valve/cooler/throttle delete, S&B CAI, GDP heater delete, GDP S2 air horn, Bestop Powerboards, RaceME Ultra Warp Tuning by DRD

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[F1 coyote]

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but why delete the grid heater?

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[TexNeck]

I'm sure this is a dumb question, but why delete the grid heater?

1. Grid heater bolt/nut issue (If you call it that). There have been a handful of cases where then nut holding the power cable for grid heater becomes loose, then when power is applied it arcs and essentially cuts the bolt and then the nut drops into your motor via intake side.

Not good.

2. Better air flow - some are caked with soot and don’t let air feed in very well.

For huge power then the grid heater wires/grid being removed will increase air flow.

I have mine left in place but unplugged.

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