Got around to taking off my turbo this 2004 Ford F350 6.0L powerstroke this past Monday. Thought I was going to find some carboned up and stuck VGR vanes and exciter ring. I did, but also a whole lot more.
Evidently, at some point this turbo has been really hot. The exhaust turbine wheel has been breaking little pieces off the tips of the blades and shooting them into the vanes. It looks like thousands of sand sized and smaller pits bombarded the vanes. So much so, some of them have small holes in the faces adjacent to the turbine blades. Most of them have dents in them as well from the projectiles hitting them over and over.
If you remember reading my previous posts I had recently installed the SCT Livewire ST and had remarked how much better the turbo was working, stuck vanes and all with the street setting. It was working so much better, I almost thought I'd wait on doing the turbo cleaning job. Glad I decided not to wait, this turbo could have had a massive failure if a big hunk of blade let loose.
So, that's the bad news.
The good news is I found a brand new exact replacement turbo cheap and will be installing it today. I am seriously thinking of installing a EGT pyro sensor and coupling it to the SCT Livewire TS. Don't want this kind of damage happening to the new turbo. Anyone do this? I need to do some research on it, as I don't seen anything in the manual about it. I would think this tuner should have a method of working a EGT pyro sensor to keep the temps at a safe level. I'm hoping the Livewire has an option to de-fuel at a certain EGT temp.
Thanks for the helps along the way to getting this truck made into an 5th wheel hauler.
-Rodger
Evidently, at some point this turbo has been really hot. The exhaust turbine wheel has been breaking little pieces off the tips of the blades and shooting them into the vanes. It looks like thousands of sand sized and smaller pits bombarded the vanes. So much so, some of them have small holes in the faces adjacent to the turbine blades. Most of them have dents in them as well from the projectiles hitting them over and over.
If you remember reading my previous posts I had recently installed the SCT Livewire ST and had remarked how much better the turbo was working, stuck vanes and all with the street setting. It was working so much better, I almost thought I'd wait on doing the turbo cleaning job. Glad I decided not to wait, this turbo could have had a massive failure if a big hunk of blade let loose.
So, that's the bad news.
The good news is I found a brand new exact replacement turbo cheap and will be installing it today. I am seriously thinking of installing a EGT pyro sensor and coupling it to the SCT Livewire TS. Don't want this kind of damage happening to the new turbo. Anyone do this? I need to do some research on it, as I don't seen anything in the manual about it. I would think this tuner should have a method of working a EGT pyro sensor to keep the temps at a safe level. I'm hoping the Livewire has an option to de-fuel at a certain EGT temp.
Thanks for the helps along the way to getting this truck made into an 5th wheel hauler.
-Rodger