2011 dodge Cummins 6.7 turbo failure

[kw_00]

Hey guys,

Just spoke with my mom today, been a crazy week, we are all prepping for The hurricane coming. Anyway her 2011 Dodge had a noise and I checked it out a few months ago when we were all camping together. It would come and go and she said it sounded like a whistle, I first thought that it was a turbo hose since they lost power as well but I found no issues with those. Anyway fast forward till yesterday and the truck had major loss of power and check engine light. She took it to dodge and they told her today that it needs a new turbo at 4g! Wow! That's a lot of cash to shell out. Truck is stock with about 150k and taken care off. Does this sound normal? She won't have anything done till next week since the storm is coming in this weekend. But I wanted to know if you guys had this problem before, and is a turbo for that truck plus installation normal to cost 4g?
Thanks!

[SidecarFlip]

If the engine ingested any turbo parts, the bill isn't unreasonable... and it probably did. What usually 'cooks' a turbo is not allowing it to cool down after the engine has been running for a while. The hot side 'cokes' up and the bearings fail and it's off to the races...

My rule of thumb on all my turbocharged engines is a 3 minute cool down at idle after working the engine. always.

What you should have done when you investigated the noise earlier on, was pull the intake side hose and grab the impeller with your fingers and wiggled it. If it wiggled at that point you possibly could have saved your mom a big repair bill. All turbo's will have a little back and forth movement but should never wiggle because the clearance between the impeller and the housing is very close and when the impeller hits the housing it comes apart, hence the intercooler and injectors and sometimes a head and pistons too, depending on how big the shrapnel is.

[Turtle_n_Peeps]

Sounds about right for a dealer. Don't take it to a dealer.

[RCMAN46]

I have two friends who have lost turbos on Cummins engines.

The 4K may be correct. Both of my friends had to replace the injectors and inter coolers as a result of the turbo failure.

[amxpress]

There are quality reman turbos for <$2,000, some with a 2 year warranty. Might be worth checking out. Stay away from Cardone, though.

[kw_00]

My thoughts as well, going to let her know in the am. Thanks

[1stgenfarmboy]

yes they are taking advantage of her, you should be able to get it done and a new turbo for 2k max, a good turbo will cost $1,000-1,500 at any diesel performance shop and they are very easy to change shouldn't cost over 500.00.

[Lwiddis]

Turbos wear out. 150k isnt bad IMO. Should have gone to Dodge with whistle? Shade tree mechanics and "it may be" diagnostics are long gone. Sorry