Originally Posted by weekendwarriorfsw32

I gave up on my Dieselsite boots a long time ago when I was running them on my 7.3L and they came apart like that internally. I went back to stock for a while but as we all know they are junk and ended up trying Riffraff's boots. Been running them on the 7.3, 6.0 and 6.4 for over 3 years with no issues. Not to mention they look a heck of a lot better and are way less expensive as well.

All components wear over time and even the best will have issues given enough boost, heat or the combination over time. But with boot de-laminating like that internally means there is a design flaw, and not something that you did, or your truck.

Originally Posted by LSAtexan4x4

time to change your sig and put that you are no longer running DieselDite boots and why to warn others

Originally Posted by amdriven2liv

So, their boots can't be trusted on a tuned motor. Hope to see a disclaimer on that page.

Originally Posted by ToMang07

Wow... I ALMOST ordered his boots today, too, because they look thicker than Clay's.

Guess I won't be now... damn.

Originally Posted by BLADE35

Sheryl Doesnt need to make an Assault on a Persons Intelligents over a Defective CAC Boot

Its just not a Good Buisness Practice very very Unproffessional

I thought it might have been the oil but if the other Boots are OK then it Must be the Heat

I dont think the Intake air is that Hot But the Turbo Itself Might be Way Hot the Housing and such

Originally Posted by SoCalSuperDuty03

All I can say is that I have had great luck with Riff Raff's boots. Just having one in your hand you can see it is a quality piece.

The only problem is Clay is out of blue ones!

Looking at those pics, that is scary! I would be completely pissed if one of my high dollar intercoolers was potentially partially clogged with crap.

Originally Posted by hubler13f

Yeah I like Clays boot's, I got the "red" ones and I was looking at them and asked my wife "Does that look Pink or Red?" She said "Peach" I said "Damn should of gotten Blue"

Originally Posted by hubler13f

I just talked to Bob, he's a heck of a nice guy. He explained that his wife didn't mean anything by the E-mail and was probably trying to give a long winded explanation so not to be rude. I told him it just seemed insulting to me and it felt like she was saying I needed someone to call me and explain how my engine works.

He explained the makeup of the boots and that the material on the inside is not silicone and is the same crap O-rings are made of. He began explaining how an EGR malfunction that can cause boots to blow out, until I stopped him and explained that My EGR system is completely MIA. I should have just heard him out though because now I am scratching my head wondering how an EGR malfunction could blow a boot.

He then asked if my truck was tuned and I said yes and he explained that material can withstand up to 600*F and that with a tuned truck doing alot of playing around how the turbo could heat up the intake air flowing through and so on and so forth. (Not like I could say I don't have fun in my truck) Makes a little bit of sense because the boot that failed was at the turbo and the one at the IC was still intact.
Edit: I still don't think it would get that frickin hot.

He explained that he did have a few problems and blowouts when the 6.4 came out and that the boots have been significantly improved since I bought mine 1.5 years ago.

He really wanted to make it right and probably would have sent me a new boot if I wanted him too, but I just told him that I was running Riff Raffs boots now and I'd see how long they will last.

Originally Posted by High Binder

The guy at Dieselsite was a dick to me and tried to blame me for an obvious design flaw when I had a probelm with the coolant filter hose coupler (I created a huge thread about a few years ago). I fixed it by tapping the coupler and using a threaded barb connection instead of the press fit B.S. they were shipping at the time. In response to my thread they fixed it by using my idea which is a good thing but it buttresses the notion that he's a ***** for saying I did a bad install and then turning right around and using my idea to fix it LOL. I'll never do business with them again.

Originally Posted by SoCalSuperDuty03

I started thinking about the tuned truck thing. My stock FoMoCo boots went 43k miles, but over 8 years (!!) tuned, without a failure. The hot side boots were definitely not in the best condition, but never failed.

I did a bunch of work to another '03 when it was relatively new, including a tuner. This truck now has 96k, tuned every mile, and the stock boots were not replaced until 87k, again without failure.

Not exactly scientific, but just a couple of examples of tuned trucks with boots that live.