Archived turbo ?

[dcoffman]

:--) Yesterday on a long grade just as I got to the top my boost pressure dropped to zero and it sounded like a gun shoot. Boost was at 16lbs,stock. I stopped raised hood and boot had blown off,but oil was dripping out the bottom of turbo. I was about 4 miles from home so limped on in.

What the heck happened, did a seal blown or what? The prop still spins easy and there is no end play. I'm thinking a new turbo. 135900 and this is first major fault.

 

[Joe Mc]

This would be a great excuse (if you need to justify to wifey) to get that new turbo. I'd hook up the hose and giver a go. MHO Let us know how you progress.

 

[R C Cola]

Turbo

If the turbo blade spins free with little play and the oil supply lines are in good shape : Try putting the new boot on, if it revs OK in the driveway, then out for an easy spin, if OK you may have got off easy. Good luck R C

 

[Bob Wagner]

better be damn careful if the seal did blow you could get into a runaway condition that could blow the engine or worse.



confirm if you have an oil leak before firing it up again.

 

[dcoffman]

That is what bothers me ,if it is loosing a lot of oil it will rev till it blows then I'm in deep stinky.

 

[dcoffman]

There's a fellow here that rebuilds Ram that have been totaled and he is looking to see if he has a spare,if he does he said 500 will get it. Cummins want 931. 68 for a rebuilt. So now is the wait and see game. If the used one has below 30000 on it I'll go with it but over that I'll be better with the new rebuilt,I guess.

 

[dcoffman]

I did fire it up with hose off and did have some oil coming out of turbo.

 

[Joe Mc]

better be damn careful if the seal did blow you could get into a runaway condition that could blow the engine or worse.



confirm if you have an oil leak before firing it up again.

Wow thanks Bob, totally forgot about that. Sorry dcoffman.



So I guess if there's any question fire it up with the hose leaving the turbo off and see what the deal is, like dcoffman did? Isn't there a rebuild kit available?

 

[dcoffman]

There's a fellow here that rebuilds Ram that have been totaled and he is looking to see if he has a spare,if he does he said 500 will get it. Cummins want 931. 68 for a rebuilt. So now is the wait and see game. If the used one has below 30000 on it I'll go with it but over that I'll be better with the new rebuilt,I guess.

Well he had one and wants $500 for it with 500,000 miles on it ,he claims. I'm going to find a rebuilt one .

 

[Bob Wagner]

Well he had one and wants $500 for it with 500,000 miles on it ,he claims. I'm going to find a rebuilt one .

check the tdr classified, 500k miles is way too. much. heck you can get a brand new turbo for less than 700

 

[dcoffman]

check the tdr classified, 500k miles is way too. much. heck you can get a brand new turbo for less than 700

Thanks Bob, now tell me where. The best I've been able to do so far is $931.

 

[dcoffman]

Baylock Turbo Chargers in Baxter Kansas will rebuild it for $550 and they pay shipping. Best deal I could find. It was either DEAL or NO DEAL lolol

thanks for all your input.

 

[DRadzierez]

I have one with 40,000 miles on it Ill sell for 1/2 the rebuild if you need it. Just PM me.

 

[Hendricks]

i was going to put this on pay it forward but i have the stock hx35 of of my 99. pay the shipping and pay it forward and its yours. It does have a little shaft play but not bad. I just pulled it off for my hx 40. Pm me if I can help.