Recent Content by tjm

What I have... Love it - Wireless CarPlay for NAV.

Thanks John, So effectively your making a bbi stage 0.8 I have one cylinder at 93%, ran the contribution test per @cerberusiam guidance (at operating temp wasnt hauling, and pulled over to take 2 readings) so Im thinking a 2025 project sometime.

So Martin says the 0.5s give about an extra 60hp with lower EGTs. what is this haze you speak about John and is it bad? I've been eyeing that extra 60hp because i could use it when hauling - getting on the high way quickly for instance. And I have a transmission that can handle it now.

wont stage 1's create more smoke with stock turbo? and higher EGTs?

Wanted to close this out by first saying thank you for all the help. I hauled 13K pounds of feed/trailer with the new turbo over the same terrain without any turbo leaks. Awesome group of people.

ok Oil sample came back fine. No evidence of fuel all particulates normal. Compressor output side of the turbo i just replaced.

Thanks Gentleman, lowering the exhaust allowed me to wiggle it out. Turbo installed. Now to clean the intercooler and tubes.

On a 2005 ram3500, can the turbo be removed without removing the exhaust manifold? I have the turbo/exhaust manifold nuts removed (:)). I still need about 2 more inches of drop. Drain pipe is out of the way. Do I have to remove the exhaust pipe from the support bracket and move it out of the way?

Ordered the reman, gets here Friday.

I like that Mahle is made in Germany. They have this nice troubleshooting UG as well located here Inflation has jacked the price up to $1063 for a new and $775 for a reman.

Thanks Ozy. Question for you. Did you have to remove your pacbrake to replace your Turbo?

Ok I figured it out Ozy, forgot that the brake turns on on a cold engine until it reaches operating temp. Ran the test - drain pipe didn’t get super hot at all. Probably hung on for 2 minutes, could have gone longer. Exhaust pipe was super hot. Ambient temp was 47, I stopped hanging on when...

How do you manually engage the pacbrake? Doesn't the torque convert have to be locked Ozy?

inlet Tube to turbo charger is bone dry. Help me understand @Tuesdak - if there is no shaft play front to back then what could be making the turbo leak? Turbo rebuilt December 2021 I just checked the crankcase breather - no oil sitting in it, nothing to drain. no blockage in either of the...

Oil level right in the middle of the safe zone. crankcase breather filter has 20K miles on it - i did pull it out of the crankcase and disconnect the larger of the two tubes when i started this thread. no oil in the breather and no obstructions in the larger tube - Ill re-check, including the...