Turbo Quit

That $3k wasn't as bad as the $4300 it cost to replace this turbo:



Oh, and that's just the part. My boss, his son, and I still had to put the new one on. That junk turbo pictured above wasn't even worth a core credit.

 

That turbo just looks like it got to hot and the gasket let go (maybe from the exhaust manifold being cracked, seen it happen). Which in turn creates a cutting torch affect.

Wiseguy, do you mean you can't hold boost pressure or the actual air tank pressure? To lose air tank pressure and have oil blown out the dipstick would mean that the crank case is being pressurized by the air compressor and they shouldn't of been near that with the turbo change. I have heard of guys pressurizing the crank case with boost pressure, but that was from the liners getting basically sand blasted.

 

No, there was absolutely no oil coming out of that thing. Had a whole lotta black smoke coming out the stack, though.

That's exactly what it was. The truck was in to get a new manifold (the center section) to replace the cracked one.

Also, about two months ago the air cooler had a big ol' hole in it. Ran it like that for two weeks before the boss finally replaced it. I'm sure that didn't help things any.

 

You shoulda left the oil strewn about. Then when you get pulled over you coulda said. What oil leak officer i dont know what your talking about. That woulda been funny. Then again maybe im the only one that likes to play games with the DOT for fun. So far its only been cool guys that know how to take a joke and have a little fun. Havent run into complete ### yet.