Oh man!!! How does that happen!! That turbo doesnt look cheap!!
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08-06-2008
Oh man!!! How does that happen!! That turbo doesnt look cheap!!
08-06-2008
One of my turbo books talks about this, and even some Ford Diesel trucks run into this and the compressor wheel just explodes and sometimes guys get lucky and find it in the air filter box lol. If the compressor surges or the wheel hits a stall point it puts a lot of stress on the fins. It didnt look like the fines were digging into the housing but is hard to tell. I have seen turbos with a bad floating type bearing and the wheel just grinds into the housing and wears down the fins but I dont know about the way this one looks.I've seen where the wastegate sticks shut and causes that too....most of the time it just bends the blades.
08-06-2008
I've mostly seen it on the heavy diesel side because of the shop I'm at. Those things are fairly delicate, and at the same time put under extreme amounts of stress. Like you said, most of it ends up in the air cooler, and never really makes it to the engine, and then you have to end up having the cooler flushed.Originally Posted by Trannyman95
08-06-2008
wow!! I bet that made some serious noise!
08-07-2008
It sure did. I was pulling about 13.5lbs of boost and then all of a sudden the boost dropped to 5lbs and then jumped back up to 13.5lbs and then boom! Smoke and an ungodly noise that no GP owner should ever have to go through.
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