turbo blow up?

If you were at high boost and the compressor side came apart you might consider changing cac as the pieces can imbed in the soft aluminium and take out new turbo later.. I know 2 guys that changed their own turbo and cleaned everything they could but lost new turbo in less than a week when metal went through the new turbo .. Both were denied warranty because they reused cac . If damage is minor your probably ok cleaning it but if it's destroyed spend some time making sure there's nothing in cac

 

I took my cac off and dumped it upside down to get all the pieces out that didn't go through it and can't remember for sure but think I flushed high water volume backwards through it and let it dry. Magnet won't work. Most pieces are aluminum. Cleaning from turbo to air filters is the big issue. Take every piece apart and clean real good.

 

You should change your air filters as debris blew backwards as well. Had it been daylight you would have seen dust blow out the air cleaners. When this happened to me I removed the CAC and flipped it upside down, shook it, bumped it with a rubber mallet, and blew air through it both ways using a 2 inch line off our compressor. You can not the fresh air side too clean. Sorry about the bad luck. Try Turbo Exchange near Charlotte NC. They are said to be top notch on rebuilding and sales. Good luck/

 

Remove the grille, so that you can stand on the ground in front of the truck as you put it on...makes the job MUCH easier, especially if you don't have an extra set of hands or two helping out.

 

While ac condenser and rad are exposed its a good time to do a thorough bug cleaning of the fins .. As far as cleaning cac the ideas above sound as good as any

 

I learned this the hard way. It happened to me. Cost me 2 turbos BECAUSE I fix it on side of the road and DIDNT clean the CAC. I cleaned and replaced the filters But not the CAC. Only got 1/4 of a mile before new turbo let go, CAT said SORRY. Anyways.....second time around I remove the CAC and had a radiator shop clean it out. That happened about a lil over 3 1/2 years ago on a high dollar CAT turbo. I have since then replace it with a B/W stage 1 and put the CAT turbo away in garage for back up.
To the OP, take the CAC to a radiator shop would be my recommendation. And if you still have not found a turbo, try Turbo Supply, google them, they have several warehouses.