Turbo Problems

[gocav19]

Not too long ago someone posted that they were having problems with their newly aquired m35a2. That they were having a problem with oil blowing out the stack. Well I ran into the same problem recently. I called a turbo expert from Pro-Diesel of KC. The advice he gave me pretty much baffled my mind. He asked if my truck had been idling a lot. It had been. He told me just to go out and drive it, that some seal had come loose and that driving it would tighten it right up. I had my doubts, but this guy is never wrong. So I took it out, it was blowing oil like crazy...then it just stopped (the oil). That was a week ago, the turbo has been fine since. So if whoever posted that problem is still lurking on this forum, maybe this will work for you too.

gocav19
-1973 AM GEN M35A2C
-1968 M105A2 trailer by Johnson Furnace

 

[MattS]

Originally posted by gocav19


Not too long ago someone posted that they were having problems with their newly aquired m35a2. That they were having a problem with oil blowing out the stack. Well I ran into the same problem recently. I called a turbo expert from Pro-Diesel of KC. The advice he gave me pretty much baffled my mind. He asked if my truck had been idling a lot. It had been. He told me just to go out and drive it, that some seal had come loose and that driving it would tighten it right up. I had my doubts, but this guy is never wrong. So I took it out, it was blowing oil like crazy...then it just stopped (the oil). That was a week ago, the turbo has been fine since. So if whoever posted that problem is still lurking on this forum, maybe this will work for you too.

gocav19
-1973 AM GEN M35A2C
-1968 M105A2 trailer by Johnson Furnace

How long did you run it before it stopped? I blew the turbo on mine leaving the DRMO yard. I'm sure it's a bad seal, but I sucked 2 gallons of oil out in about a mile. I was scared to flog it to bad.

Maybe I should throw more oil into it and try again. <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_shrug.gif" alt="Shrug">

 

[outlaw]

if you used that much fuel
and its blowing a white or gray smoke
and banging i would look at the injectors
sounds like you lost a injetor tip

 

[MattS]

Outlaw, I typed diesel but I meant oil. Sorry for the confusion! I edited the post. I topped it off before I left the DRMO and by the time I went about a mile to get it topped off again it took 2 gallons of oil. <img src="emoticons/icon_smile_jawdrop.gif" alt="Jawdrop">