Good news, it wasn't the turbo it was the hose from the intercooler to the intake.. blew it in half. Went "BOOOOM" and black smoke out the tail pipe. Had another 25miles to go without turbo power. Going up and over Pikeville Mt. I had people behind me cussing me for sure. Black smoke out the pipe and 20mile per hour max up the mountain... $220 to get her back running but it would have been thousands for a new turbo....
220 isn't bad at all! Wondering why it blew though did you see any damage?
No damage. The part is flexible rubber/plastic and it deteriorates over time and there is a lot of working pressure when the turbo is putting out max air. I had to slow way down for a car in front of me and then when they cleared I was on it fairly hard to get back to speed and BANG! The truck is nearly 4 tons, trailer is really heavy built dual axle at probably 3000lbs, the side by side with all the gear is probably pushing 2000lbs. Then factor in my heavy foot and 400+HP and 800lbs torque, there's a lot of strain. If I bump up the computer I can get 550HP and over 1000lb of torque..
if there's anymore hoses, you should consider swapping them all... probably all about the same age and wear.
Lmao!! So the pucker factor was high?
Good it's 10x better to have black smoke blowing out than white! ( I used to have a 6.0)
At least it was a snake and not a gold fish. Lol
Yes I would've liked to watch the tree part.
Too busy winching, and jacking to play with the camera. Trust me on this. I'm still sore
I told him this as well. But swap to metal pipe and silicone couplers. Not only will it stop blowing hoses, he may even get a lb or 2 more boost out of the deal. Plastic hoses and worm gear clamps don't belong on turbos.
Trust me you wouldn't. All you would hear is.. "bleep tree, bleep rock, bleep'ing this bleep'ing that" lol. Old jarhead here. I work vulgarity like an artist works a paint brush lol. We were hot, sweaty, very tired and in no mood for that tree.
