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Oct 26, 2010 | 01:55 AM

zoommx

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Turbo choice

First of all a little history on my truck: Early 04-I got it used with about 70k on it. Now has about 95k. I took it in for diagnosis as it was running poorly. They say the turbo needs rebuilt or replaced, about $1600 or so. One of the other items they found was the wrong coolant is in it. Apparently p.o. put the green stuff in. I added coolant earlier this year, but put the motorcraft premium gold in, not knowing there was the green coolant in system. Could it just be the wrong coolant got the turbo sticky and just needs cleaned? If it really does need replaced, what are good options at similar prices? I'm not interested in making more power necessarily, but would welcome greater reliability.

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Oct 26, 2010 | 02:20 AM

dchamberlain

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There is no coolant to the turbo, so that is not related. You do need to properly flush and refill with the right coolant, however.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...nge-101-a.html

There is a thread that contains links to how to clean the turbo, and International and Ford part numbers for the cleaning kit.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...urbo-abcs.html

Oct 26, 2010 | 04:29 AM

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I just put in the new Garrett Powermax and love it.
You can get them for about $1,200-1,300.

Oct 26, 2010 | 08:26 AM

zoommx

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Thanks for the infos. Is the Garrett much different than the stock Garrett that it came with ?

Oct 26, 2010 | 09:18 AM

npccpartsman

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Thanks for the infos. Is the Garrett much different than the stock Garrett that it came with ?

It's a direct bolt-on. It's a little bigger on compressor and exhaust side but you don't have to change intake tubes or exhaust to put it on.

Oct 26, 2010 | 09:19 AM

tex25025

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I think the powermax is a direct replacement for the stock turbo. I don't think you even have to get a custom tune for it either.

Oct 26, 2010 | 09:28 AM

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Oct 26, 2010 | 09:50 AM

tex25025

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You don't HAVE TO get a custom tune, but it will help. The PowerMax is quite a bit larger than the stock, so you have more lag without tuning.

I never looked at the specs on it, so I wasn't sure about that. I just know that it was a direct bolt on. But then again, mine is a direct bolt on and I had to have custom tuning otherwise there would have been a big "dead spot" with it.

Oct 26, 2010 | 09:58 AM

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I ran with no tune with my PowerMax for a while and it was fine. There was a dead spot around 45mph when the TC is locked, but that's still there with the tune, just not as bad. The PowerMax is 63.7mm and Eric at Innovative told me the stock turbo is 58mm, he said it's more of a race turbo than a towing turbo. It has very good driveability for being a larger VGT turbo.

Oct 26, 2010 | 10:49 AM

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So how does it perform while towing...or can Eric correct that with a tune. I would love a power max, but I tow often and dont want to sacrifice andy workability of my truck.

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Oct 26, 2010 | 10:53 AM

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Not meaning to hijack but what are the advantages of the Powermax supposed to be over the stock turbo? What about disadvantages (other then the "dead spot" we've already heard about?)