Turbo leak

mike brez wrote:
Yes I believe the bearings are worn. End play is very little side to side seems a little to much. I have a 2002 7.3 and replaced the turbo compressor wheel with a wicked wheel.
The good thing I believe is the missing peices of the wheel went into the exhaust and are in the muffler or got blown out I hope.

Hot side compressor wheel, no issue, it's along the road somewhere. Cold side could be a big issue.

Garrett uses ceramic sleeve bearings btw so it's imperative to have oil present at all times, which, is why I always idle my 7.3 a couple minutes before I turn it off. Same with my farm tractors which are all turbo-diesel too.

Gjac wrote:
And I thought the hardest part of the job was done when you got those studs out without breaking any. Good Luck, if you need an extra pair of hands shoot me a PM.

Thanks Gary

Yes I believe the bearings are worn. End play is very little side to side seems a little to much. I have a 2002 7.3 and replaced the turbo compressor wheel with a wicked wheel.
The good thing I believe is the missing peices of the wheel went into the exhaust and are in the muffler or got blown out I hope.

mike brez wrote:
I really don’t know were it went but looks to me like it didn’t happen overnight and the thing runs great.
Yes trying to find one now. But having no luck.
It says Garrett ar 58 M43 but found nothing.
Have a local dealer looking and waiting for a call back.
I thought this was going to be easy.

Call a Detroit Diesel dealer like a Freightliner dealership. You can buy just the impellers seperately from Garrett. I have a T40B on my 7.3 International in my 97 F350 with a high output impeller I bought aftermarket. You might try Riff-Raff diesel too. Where I bought mine. Riff-Raff Diesel has a lot of Garrett stuff available.

Does the turbo have any end play or radial play? A little end play is ok but no radial play (sign the bearings are shot.) Something got in there that should not have been in there...lol

The clip missing on the actuator rod is the wastegate. It takes a 'E' clip. You can get one at the hardware store. Take the assembly with you and match the shaft diameter to the clip.

Glad I told you to look at the turbo.... Better to deal with t now than on the side of the road somewhere.

Don't forget to buy new silicone hoses for the pressure side of the turbo, he one from the turbo to the intercooler pipe and the intercooler pipe to the ATA unit and from the ATA unit back to the intake pipe and intake pipe to the intake manifold.

One thing I never liked about DDEC engines and that is they dirty the lube oil real quick and if you pulled the valve cover you'd be shocked at how dirty the overhead would be. 4 stroke Detroit's are dirty motors. Good thing about them is you can roll in a new set of cam bearings in about 20 minutes, actually, all you do is flip the halves over, top to bottom and bottom to top.

Glad you are having fun.:B

And I thought the hardest part of the job was done when you got those studs out without breaking any. Good Luck, if you need an extra pair of hands shoot me a PM.

I really don’t know were it went but looks to me like it didn’t happen overnight and the thing runs great.
Yes trying to find one now. But having no luck.
It says Garrett ar 58 M43 but found nothing.
Have a local dealer looking and waiting for a call back.
I thought this was going to be easy.

Mike, its turbo time.... Hopefully the parts are in the down tube, or the inlet to the intercooler, not the intake. I don't know if those had a silencer ring or not, but it seems to have eaten something. Best of luck.

Well turbo is out but fins don't look so good. And this arm on bottom was disconnected and missing the c clip

SidecarFlip wrote:
I see you like my ATF/Acetone mix. It works very well and it's cheap, like me. You are doing fine...

When I was doing the headers on ma PaceArrow someone on here also recommended that but never tried it. PB Blaster seems to work well but I can't stand the smell of if.
The homemade brew smells much better.

I see you like my ATF/Acetone mix. It works very well and it's cheap, like me. You are doing fine...