Noise from the turbo

[Dieselmaster]

I didn't think I was pushing to hard while coming back with the trailer all loaded but....

I try to stay under 1300°

Which I do for the most part... I have only a ew times looked over and seen that I was above 1300° ..

So now I am trying to figure out what happened... both brass and copper have a melting point above 1600° ... I know I was never near that number... so no matter what I should not have been able to melt the plug... the hole that I plugged was on the bottom of the EBPV so it could have fallen out as everything expanded and contracted... but I reused the c-clip that was used to retain the original shaft...

I have been looking to see what the expansion rate of Cast Iron and steel are and also for copper...

After looking back and checking melting points, I can't figure out why I would have lost the plug....

 

[Mike]

Possibly a combination of pressure and the temps. And are yiou sure what grade of copper you had in that freeze plug?

 

[Dieselmaster]

I'm am not certain at all on the grade of copper... but even a copper mix has a pretty high melting point.

I bought the plug at Vato-zone... I want to go with only Stainless Steel now... the problem is finding someone that has them... no one around here seems to carry them...

There was a sleeve that the shaft sat in that I had puched out... I am going to try and grind it down to make it a little shorter so that I can have the sleeve and the plug and still use the c-clip.. at least that way there is no way it can go in or out.

What really sucks is that I have to drive around my sons 98 explorer...