Dodge Turbo Problems
I have a 06 Dodge CTD, it started shuddering in low gears, and intermittantly would have trouble maintaining highway speeds. I suspected it was a transmission problem, I took it to the Dodge dealer...
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MOREDLEG wrote:ScottG wrote:
Turbo should last several hundred thousand miles. The only thing I can think of is do you just shut it down after a hard pull? If you don't let the turbo cool down for a few minutes after its been working very hard, the oil in it will coke and eventually it will plug the oil passage enough that it may start to starve it for oil. An EGT gauge is good for knowing when to shut it off - preferably below 300 degrees.
Otherwise it may have just been a latent failure.
BTW, $2200 at a dealer isn't a bad price at all. You could probably get it done cheaper at an independent shop though.
I would say probably 50/50, Generally leave it running while fueling, I let it idle upon reaching the campsite, until I get it leveled, and un hooked, I just put AMSOIL in it about 1000 miles ago, switched from Rotella
Your doing everything right!
Sometimes they just have a defect that causes an early demise.
Lousy luck.
