Turbo Woes

[GaPchNCrm]

My turbo apparently blew up this morning. its a factory turbo... BJ wants to know what size it is and where can we find a rebuild kit?

 

[JPR]

These folks rebuilt my Banks unit and were significantly cheaper than anyone else in town.

Majestic Turbo
1000 South Wildwood Drive Suite 10
Irving, TX 75060
972-579-3083

 

[towcat]

with a little hunting, you shoud be able to find a local rebuilder. this is an item you should not be doing yourself outside of the R&R. If you can't locate a rebuilder, I do have a friend of mime who does rebuilds out here in CA.

 

[GaPchNCrm]

Thanks for the heads up. About how much are we looking at to get it rebuilt, anyone have an idea?

 

[towcat]

that will depend on how badly it got hurt. usually starts at $200. If the hard parts are damaged, the sky is the limit.

 

[GaPchNCrm]

yay..... ok thanks for the #'s guess i have some stuff to look into today when i get off work!

 

[Agnem]

Tanya, what were the symptoms, and how do you know it's the turbo? If you can pull the air intake hose off and wiggle the turbine shaft up and down, then yea, it's bad. How many miles are on it? And you change your oil how frequently?

 

[Mikes91]

Sorry to hear of your misfortune with that truck... seems the poop keeps on coming.

Might be time to consider a strong aftermarket unit such as a Banks, ATS, or Hypermax...

Anyway, hope you guys get it straightened out. Your truck's sounding as bad as mine was last summer before the transmission blew.

 

[towcat]

mike-
I think she is a "bolt action" kinda gal. If she scatters a ZF5, she's got some real problems on her hands.

 

[GaPchNCrm]

well, my truck MUST be male.... he got to feeling a little under the weather and decided to whine and cry and exagerate his symptoms to get some attention.

Turns out the turbo is ok ( for now), the breather hose collapsed and it suffocated itself. All I will say was BJ was driving it, not me.

Hey Mel?

 

[Agnem]

I knew that's how you'd respond!

Glad to hear it wasn't something serious.

 

[troutwest66]

Originally posted by GaPchNCrm
well, my truck MUST be male.... he got to feeling a little under the weather and decided to whine and cry and exagerate his symptoms to get some attention.

Turns out the turbo is ok ( for now), the breather hose collapsed and it suffocated itself. All I will say was BJ was driving it, not me.

Hey Mel?

Tanya,

was it the flex hose from the snorkel to the airbox? I removed the snorkel on mine but for some idiotic reason I left the hose on the airbox. Well, last August on the way home from our last camping trip, trailer in tow. heading up the last of the 7-8% grades, 70 MPH and...POW! Black smoke engulfs I-90 and we lose all power. Pull over everything seems normal. Idle sounds fine. Nothing screwy on the gauges. Leave it running and pop the hood and it took a milisecond to see the problem. The dumb flexhose I left on collapsed and cut off over half of the airbox inlet. Took it off, threw it in the back of the truck and away we went as if nothing ever happened. Of course my wife, Heather, 'bout had a coronary and thought we had caught fire! The snorkel is restrictive so I just stuck it in the garage. That and the airbox will make good wall hangers when I put my new intake and exhaust on someday.

 

[Mikes91]

Originally posted by GaPchNCrm
well, my truck MUST be male.... he got to feeling a little under the weather and decided to whine and cry and exagerate his symptoms to get some attention.

Turns out the turbo is ok ( for now), the breather hose collapsed and it suffocated itself. All I will say was BJ was driving it, not me.

Hey Mel?

Glad to hear it was only the hose. Lotsa folks with those issues lately...