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turbo sounds like pressure cooker!

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#1 ·
ok when im under load like going up a mountain or pulling a trailer my turbo(i guess its the turbo something under the hood anyhow) sounds like a pressure cooker shaking! is that just turbo surge? is it bad? i always just just thot it was suckin air in, cuz i have a diy intake and ts chip. would a new compressor wheel help?
 
#2 ·
what setting do you have the ts on when you are towing up the hill. iknow will surge in teh 140 when i get on it from a dead stop. do you have any gauges. if you have a boost gauge you will see when it surges the needle will bounce back and forth like its fluttering.
 
#6 ·
yes it sounds like turbo surge. It is due to the "quiet" compressor wheel that ford put on late 99's and up 7.3s. You can try a wicked wheel and it should stop the surge or you can go for a new ATS compressor housing and it should completely cure any surge problem.
 
#7 ·
Surge! I had the same issue. Invested in ATS housing and now no surge. I did keep the stock comp. wheel[bigger fins than the wicked wheel supposed to move more air faster, in combination with the ATS housing] Great investment!
 
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