blowby????

I seek ya-all's wisdom -- I've a 1998 international 3406-e Cat - since 2000 -- at 1,275, 000 - oil in the water - I had a Cat rebuild in march - within days we saw drips of oil on those 4" air lines to the intercooler and from the cooler to the intake manifold - removal showed more oil on the inside - turbo looked clean entrance and exit to cooler looked clean - oil vapor ?? sorta figured something pushing through the turbo -- didn't really use any oil { quart for 2,000 miles } figured turbo -- after a couple months - Cat said they haven't seen the like before {we won't get started on the " low nox" programming they shoved in - at the rebuild time they flashed me up to 550 - 1850 from my original 475 1750 - I went from 7mpg to 6mpg - runs uphill worse now than when I came in } changed turbos - same oil drips within 200 miles - checked return line cleaned filters again - 3rd turbo - same thing - put back on original borg warner had on for 2 years up to rebuild - of course nothings changed - got 30,000 on now -- starting to think vapor is coming from the intake side ??? - If I go to Cat - I know they will say spend 4 grand - put a Cat turbo on - then they might begin to honor the warranty and go looking for trouble -- any ideas at there ----------- thanks, dizzyacres2

 

thanks for the comeback -- the engine rebuild 30, 000 miles back is when the symptoms began - we'll keep digging -- dizzyacres

 

I like it - another guy mentioned that even though it shows proper boost when pushed - the charge air may still leaking when just cruising - when I get home - yeah - worth checkin -- thanks for the comeback -- dizzyacres

 

Thanks - shade tree - i'm headin back to dizzyacres to test that compressr theory also -

 

Hello folks; -- checked compressor intake - clean as a whistle - air box in engine - no blow-by -- checked CAC - 30 lbs - only lost 1lb per 3 minutes - not bad -- back to the 1st problem suspected - turbo - even though the 2nd turbo leaked also - it did blow up in the first 1,200 miles - oh well --- thanks folks

 

Shade Tree -- I will check the turbo interior tomorrow - I removed the compressor - the intake and housing was clean as a whistle -- no blowing oil out of manifold - for now I'll except that the crappy btg turbo { 3 years old } is probably taking a dump - -- would you happen to know the proper B/W #s for a decent turbo - I got this turbo from a shop that got it saying " borg-Warner" - not so much -- I'm just trying to avoid $2,300 at PP
Thanks, dizzyacres
P.S. has anyone gotten a hold of Mr. Hanney lately - - again, wanting some ecm work -- thanks, dizzyacres