04-15-2021, 05:29 AM
This is a new posting under this thread. I’m on I-76 alt / US224 eastbound and catch a traffic light. Light turns green and can barely get across the intersection. A short distance ahead is a wide spot so I pull over. Fuel filter is black and I immediately suspect algae and change the filter even though it is only half full. Usually, a plugged Davco will show fuel all the way to the top. Try to get back into the flow of traffic but nothing doing! I glance at gauges and NO boost, fortunately there is still a wide spot. Pull the inlet elbow from the turbo and this is what I see.
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The turbine is still intact and spinning, the compressor side has broken the shaft. It is amazing that 15mph is maximum speed without turbo boost! Fortunately, a Detroit distributor was 30 miles away and more amazingly, had one in stock. The hardest part is gaining access and removing the mounting nuts. The next hardest is holding the turbo up at arms distance in order to slip over studs. Even the young skinny mechanic, I was able to locate, had trouble. I could have never accomplished this by myself. I don’t like roadside repairs!
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The turbine is still intact and spinning, the compressor side has broken the shaft. It is amazing that 15mph is maximum speed without turbo boost! Fortunately, a Detroit distributor was 30 miles away and more amazingly, had one in stock. The hardest part is gaining access and removing the mounting nuts. The next hardest is holding the turbo up at arms distance in order to slip over studs. Even the young skinny mechanic, I was able to locate, had trouble. I could have never accomplished this by myself. I don’t like roadside repairs!
Gordon Jones
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