wicked wheel install went bad

[sawyer1]

New in cab video on third page.

So tried to do the install today turned out i already have the wheel. took off the housing the wastegate the up pipe and the down pipe thought i made sure everything was on tight but i drove the truck and my turbo is screaming loud and no real boost and no power sounds almost like a siren. Please help if u can its hunting season and i need my truck back

[RRonning1984]

Have you verified that all of your boots are tight. that is usually the most common cause.

[03f250stroke]

agreed..one of them boots could have ripped while taking them off or even had a rip it in and you just broke it though taking it off.

[Marty]

Please be a little more detailed...

Originally Posted by sawyer1

So tried to do the install today turned out i already have the wheel.unless you or someone else installed it, you don't. took off the housing the wastegate the up pipe Why did you take the uppipe off?and the down pipe Why did you take the downpipe off?thought i made sure everything was on tight but i drove the truck and my turbo is screaming loud and no real boost and no power sounds almost like a siren. Please help if u can its hunting season and i need my truck back

Answer those questions and then we'll go from there.

[sawyer1]

Originally Posted by Marty

Please be a little more detailed...



Answer those questions and then we'll go from there.

I bought the truck used so i guess that person put it on the new wheel had the same markings.

unclamped the up pipe so icould get the turbo off could not get it off so we unbolted the down pipe to do the screwdriver technique. this was all before i realize the turbo was the same. the wastegate had to come off for the housing to come off and the waste gate went on real easy.
the boots looked good ill check them out again but its 10 degrees out and snowing ill do it tommarow.
Hope this helps. The Elk are waiting to be killed!!

[Nally7.3Powerstroke]

it would have been much easier to just take off the wastegate, take off the intake housing, and get the wheel off that way instead of removing the whole turbo, thats the way I did it and it took no time at all. the sound your hearing is probably normal, my new wheel whistles very loud as well, it realy gets going at around 15 pounds.

[sawyer1]

Originally Posted by Nally7.3Powerstroke

it would have been much easier to just take off the wastegate, take off the intake housing, and get the wheel off that way instead of removing the whole turbo, thats the way I did it and it took no time at all. the sound your hearing is probably normal, my new wheel whistles very loud as well, it realy gets going at around 15 pounds.

I never installed the new wheel its just very loud no power and poures black smoke with no speed?

[Nally7.3Powerstroke]

So you never took the turbo apart?

[sawyer1]

Originally Posted by Nally7.3Powerstroke

So you never took the turbo apart?

Just the pipes and the housing lifted it off the pedistol but never all the way off then realized that i did it all for nothing when the wheel was the same.

[texasredneckjae]

i would check your boots. or install new boots.