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Well... over 2k miles on it now. Running great. Still no drips either. Hopefully another 270k+ miles out of this turbo.

All back together. Oil pan wasn't that bad to pull. I lifted from front eye on engine, front end on stands n tires off so front diff could droop, loosened but did not remove trans to crossmember hardware, then jacked transmission up till hardware stopped it. Pan slid out and back in easy. Had a...

Update, ended up towing. At 7,000 ft elevation in Flagstaff, no turbo to add needed air to stock injector fueling, it was blowing so much white/gray smoke that it covers 2 lanes for a quarter mile. Not having enough air also caused engine to heat up. Flat n level in lower elevation may have been...

Before I go anywhere, filling it full, see just how much it takes, then start n listen. When it dropped, it was at the middle of the oil pressure, normal, and as I pulled over to stop, it dropped quickly and warning came on as I was turning off key. I'll find out later today. As for N/A, I'm...

Just my opinion, I'm doubting it very much, there's doubtfully enough oil in the intercooler to cause a runaway. May be fogging for mosquitoes, but doubt a runaway. I guess I'll find out later today.

That's an even easier idea. Thanks. I'm truly not sure. It's a 4" stainless mandrel w a Donalson resonator that is straight through. If it is in the tail pipe, it's just gonna rattle a little till it falls out. The pipe is completely straight to the side of the bed exit, no upward bends at all.

@Ozymandias , another quick question. Is the female end of the feed line that goes into the top of the turbo an AN fitting or an ORB O-ring type fitting. If ORB, I have that size, if AN, I'd need size so I can get plug. Thanks

Ya, turbo replacement is easy at home. But shops charge a book hr/rate. If book says 5 hrs, they charge 5 even if 3hrs was used. I'm going to replace intercooler to avoid oil contamination/plugging and boost hoses. So probably much cheaper doing at home.

In reference to my 2nd question, cost of labor being what it is, do you folks think that if I cap off my feed line w a 12mmx1.5 O-ring plug, top off the oil, I can limp it home 180 miles as long as I keep EGT's in check?

Extremely lucky from what I understand.

@seafish , thanks for the things to look into. I'm a stickler for oil, Rotella T6 n filter "Every" 5k and filter/top off "Every" 2,500 between full changes since new. I'm leaning towards age and 21yrs of periodic "turbo bark". I run an Edge EZ on level 3, 4" exhaust and no other mods since...

@Ozymandias , how long have you had the Mahle? It's about $100 higher than high end "remans" so being that reasonably priced, I'm curious as to quality. I see it is a Geman company, hopefully not outsourcing. Thanks

You replaced the turbo w a Mahle-Clevite reman? My entire turbo is trash, impellers ground housing before ejecting through the exhaust. Complete turbo, not just center section required.

2003 H.O. 6Spd, 275k miles. Passing yesterday in Utah mtns, about 85mph, 27psi boost, 2,300 rpm n heard the sound of a boost hose coming loose. Boost went to zero n tons of whitish smoke from exhaust. Examined engine area and all hoses good. Started up and heard ratling at turbo, lots of smoke...