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no problem redbeard, just be sure to take pictures and good luck on your recovery!

I have heard of using the greased tap working just fine, if it were up to me, I would pull the turbo just to be safe sea foam deep creep was my best friend in pulling the hardware without breaking, if you can, have the previous owner run the truck to operating temp the night before and then...

alright, so here are a few pictures from my turbo fail, basically you can see the exhaust side is covered in white, caused by too much heat, the exhaust impellor is trashed, mangled, and missing pieces. The intake side, aside from engine oil everywhere is intact and undamaged. The bearings were...

yup, In the middle of tearing it down and as of right now All I can say is it is essentially unsavable. I will post pictures later as a reminder to those that want to walk my path thinking its a good idea, I think pictures speak louder than words! I honestly thought I was good and well below...

pyro is on its way in... as far as the "I told you so's" I know... I know, had to learn the hard way. The funny thing is that it has been turned up for a couple years now, and in that time frame I have hit long 7% grades loaded down and no issues... at that time.

Looks like I found the root cause of the problem... A while back I had turned up the fuel to a point to where I thought I was safe, apparently I wasnt. Upon pulling the turbo I found rather than seeing black carbon, I saw white. I talked to a diesel mechanic and found out that is a tell tale...

I was hitting the crest of the hill and RPM's were climbing as the road leveled out, so I upshifted getting back up to speed, a few seconds later the turbo blew. It basically blew at the top of the hill, I limped it home after that, stayed between 1500 and 2000 RPM where it was running the...

looks like I may have lucked out, found a used take out whistler for about $250. I am definately hoping mine is rebuildable, that way after I switch them out, I can rebuild it and save it for a rainy day, or potentially help out another SS member that ends up on the particular creek I am in...

may have found a suitable replacement, got a loaner vehicle from a friend, so now I'm gonna pull the turbo tonight and see what I can. I have wondered in the past what it would be like to blowout a turbo... now I know, its not fun.

On my way to work this morning I was on an uphill pull, nearing the top I shifted from 4th to 5th and within a few seconds heard a screetching bang that lasted all of about a split second, then no more turbo whistle... only turbo clinking, banging, and grinding. aua I pulled over, and shut her...