The one absolute upside is no leaking wastegate valve. "Wiring" the wastegates closed, I read, is very common on these factory turbos. @Thewespaul helped me with turbine and compressor sizing, so I defer to his wealth of knowledge and experience.Whats the upside to blocking off the wastegate? Won't that over speed the turbo at higher rpms?
Exactly right. I've used copper washers and brass nuts on exhaust bits for years and I've never regretted it.tell me about those brass nuts on the turbo to up-pipe flange...is that just for serviceability later on?
The easiest way I've found is to drop the accessory belt, unbolt the power steering pump and slide it out of the way to get access. Pray furiously to the Torx Gods that the heads of those stat bolts dont strip. I've made it a habit to just change the whole housing, it's way easier than trying to get that stat aligned properly, blind, at an angle.P2 tstat job and found some tricks to make it easier
There are three main failure modes related oil pickup in the P2 5 & 6 cylinder engines. The first is the o-ring that seals the pickup. Second are the o-rings that seal the oil passages between the oil pan and block for the filter and cooler routes. Third is sludge from poor maintenance packing the pickup screen.How did you know it was the oil pickup in the S60?
I got lucky really. The Oil pressure warnings/light is one of those things you tell your kids about but in the back of your head you know a grenade'd car is going to get rollbacked into the driveway one day. I am truly proud of my girl. She noticed the warning, and got it shut down as soon as she safely could.
When we got it home I fired it up for a sec just to witness for myself. If it's dicked, you can't **** it anymore, Am-I-right? No oil pressure warning, but loud engine speed dependent hydraulic whine, not related to power steering or transmission, it had to be Oil Pump cavitation. I dropped the pan and sure enough the screen was plugged completely and sucked tight against the tube neck.
Keep in mind, this car has 198K miles and we purchased it used 6 years ago with 125K miles. The poor thing just wasn't maintained at all when we got it, but the price was absolutely right. I knew that one day, all the sludge in that engine would come back to haunt me. It did! I've used nothing but Pennzoil Ultra Platinum since we bought it and I've watched the sludge in the overhead slowly fade over the years. I now know where it all went. The crankcase looks nice and clean, so hopefully we bought ourselves many more happy miles. I put a new oil pan on since all the baffles in the old one would have been impossible to completely clean.
It's been back together for a couple weeks and has made it 2hrs back up to college with the girlie. No unusual noises, ticking or any signs or permanent damage. Time will tell.
I was, in fact, wearing shorts that next week!as 30 would have been WARM.....
Thank you!Hope you are feeling better after your surgery...
Three guesses and the first two don't count! I'm the black sheep around here. "WhaDYa MeAN U AiNT GoT a ******"G"s" Ughhhhh. WHY do so many people put a G in Cummins!!!I have a guess who you might work for....
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