While I was removing parts to get to my ICP I noticed the following ...

The ccv intake was broken and the o-ring was deformed to match the broken elbow ...



There was a lot of damp oil crud around the elbow ...



and around the valve cover ...



Here's images of the tube to the turbo and the turbo itself ...







How about that gritty oil crap in my turbo? What about the nicked edges on my turbo blades? Air filter is good and was fitted tightly.

I'm guessing dirt has been coming in around the damaged ccv elbow, mixing with the vapors and creating a sandblasting effect on the turbo.

If I fix the issue could there be problems down the road that might show up from this? Is this amount of wear on the turbo blades typical?

F250 - 2003 - 213,500 miles.
Any comments on this appreciated.

I think immediate ccv mod is in my future.

 

Those chunches out of the impellar are not good, it would be interesting to see what the inner vanes look like and also hub walls,been sucking in alot of junk.

 

That is all kinds of bad. New impeller at best. How does the turbo feel?

 

If you mean driving, I haven't really noticed anything poor about the trucks performance. Highway accelerations and standing starts feel like they always have. It was doing the rpm flutter which is why I'm doing the ICP.

If you mean to spin it by hand now it's open, well it felt like it spun okay. It felt pretty smooth. But I've never been that close to the inside of the turbo before so I don't have anything to compare it to. The oily stuff is pretty gritty though.

 

its a little dusted. not uncommon to see dirt work trucks come in the shop looking like that. go to the dealer and cet a new PCV tube and install it that willl fix your leak. IMO the turbo is not in the best of shap but more then likly atleast runable

 

Thanks for the replies.
You saved me a post Cheezit, I was going to ask what the exact name of that tube is called. I'll go with 'pcv tube' and see how far I get.

Frustrating part is I had the turbo worked on with a rebuild kit, parts & labor, just 23,000 miles/8 months ago when it was in for studs, egr delete etc. I'm sure if this was a problem then it would have been mentioned to me.
I'm guessing this tube got broken during that overhaul. Since I've learned more about my engine & been doing work on it myself since then, I've found little stuff like this, plus bolts not tightened, and a few other things.
Has me second guessing how the overhaul was done.

Just makes me rely more on this site & the helpful advice of folks on here.

 

Welcome to the club .. missing oilpan bolt /mis routed EM brake cable that was rubbing on steel / missing bat cover broken cowling and the best yet a loose alt bolt ,,, Ford ASE Mechanics ? I hope the stupidty stopped there because they were inside my motor also

torqued to = finger tight ,, why can't they clone Cheezit or Mchan ?