My buddy with an 06 did this about a month ago, put a bead of the black RTV where the trans meets the engine, and his is still completely oil free. As you can see mine is covered in oil except where i cleaned it, and always had a drip ready to fall. Driven 20 miles and so far so good lol



Also fixed my overhead display

 

Installed my new Sinister Diesel coolant filter kit. Fits well and seems to made of sturdy stuff. Will be interesting to cut open the filter after a while to see what it has caught.

 

You DID replace the EGR Cooler too i hope, ive always read to replace together even if only 1 was a supposed culprit
Since u flushed it good & i believe you've recently changed the Thermostat (OEM i hope) i dont know myself whats happening otherwise....

 

Oem thermostat and I have an EGR delete

 

Yes I have a set that I don't need. Found out 05 didn't utilize them

 

Are these the big round rubber bushings that hold the FICM to he bracket? It looks like the FICM is chambered to receive them. I was kind of worried because I did not have them.


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I ended up cutting a piece of bed mat and shaping it to fit. That outta work just fine.

 

On the 04 trucks and up I believe they relocated the rubber to under the bracket where it attaches to the valve cove area, I bought them thinking I was missing them as we'll, but there was no way to make them work with the stock bolts

 

OK thanks, I still have the ones on the bracket.


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Cleaned up the turbo and EGR valve. Took 50 minutes to remove the turbo, one hour to take apart and cleane the unison and mating surface, about 2 hours to re-install.

This is what I did , took it from Utube:
I only took the intercooler tube out, disconnected the alternator at the battery connection, pulled the air filter assembly as a unit (filter indicator out, MAF disconnected), disconnected the oil in tube at the turbo, VGT connection, pulled the turbo quite easily. This is my second time and I had plenty of high heat antiseize and I used some PB blaster first. There is really no need to remove the alternator or anything else.

For re-install, it was a bit of a struggle to install the Y pipe cause I did not loosen it, but it finaly went in like wooosshhh, it felt in place. I was told to knock on the clamp and tubing while torquing the clamps on the up and down tube to better setting of the clamps.

 

Thanks for sharing Kiddo....Good work
Any pic's of the Turbo apart & did u clean it just to do it or were u experiencing a drive-ability issue

 

There was no issues, just did some preventive maintenance before I do the 4 corners of USA this summer/fall.

This site gives you some excellent pictures of the turbo taken apart. This time I only did the unison ring, hot side of the turbo.
DIY Turbo Rebuild Photos by mil-specrestro | Photobucket

 

Replaced ICP Sensor. Truck runs great now!

 

Finally got my onboard air installed for my airbags. Much better then the Schrader valve at the back and dragging out an air hose

 

Before you tow with them pressurize the system with some weight on them. To make sure you don't have any leaks. I just got done installing mine and right before a big trip I did the test and the leaked. Ended up being the in-cab dump valve that was improper. It saved me a lot of grief and unecessary running of the compressor to keep 5 lbs in them