raydav
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I have a 2001 PSD E350 and an 84 E350 in which I first installed a 7.3 IDI NA and recently a 93 7.3 IDI turbo engine.
After I installed the first 7.3 IDI, I figured the two engines are the same size, Ford might have known what they were doing when the put the turbo on the PSD, so I installed a turbo meant for a 7.3 PSD.
It has worked well. It is remote, on the frame at about the rear of the transmission. When I installed the turbo engine I did not change anything related to the turbo.
That turbo has apparently died. The first indication was an oil leak. There is no muffler. I am now getting oil running out of the tail pipe and I hear what sounds like metal-on-metal at the tail pipe.
My stock, E350, 2001 PSD does not have a waste gate. The PSD turbo I had built does not have a waste gate. The 7.3 PSD turbos I find, are listed for a F350 and do have a waste gate.
I do not want a waste gate and it is easy enough to not use the gate on a turbo that comes with one. But are there other issues between E350 and F350 PSD turbos that could cause me concern?
TY
Ray
After I installed the first 7.3 IDI, I figured the two engines are the same size, Ford might have known what they were doing when the put the turbo on the PSD, so I installed a turbo meant for a 7.3 PSD.
It has worked well. It is remote, on the frame at about the rear of the transmission. When I installed the turbo engine I did not change anything related to the turbo.
That turbo has apparently died. The first indication was an oil leak. There is no muffler. I am now getting oil running out of the tail pipe and I hear what sounds like metal-on-metal at the tail pipe.
My stock, E350, 2001 PSD does not have a waste gate. The PSD turbo I had built does not have a waste gate. The 7.3 PSD turbos I find, are listed for a F350 and do have a waste gate.
I do not want a waste gate and it is easy enough to not use the gate on a turbo that comes with one. But are there other issues between E350 and F350 PSD turbos that could cause me concern?
TY
Ray
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