Exhaust brake question
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Exhaust brake question
After wiring my ebpv as exhaust brake, I took the truck on a short test drive. Tried the brake several time and it is working good. Once at home I noticed oil around the intake side of the turbo. Is it possible, the ebpv puts too much back pressure on it and blows oil into the intake side ?
On a side note, I have the riffraff new intake boot and it appears to be partially collapsed.. ?
On a side note, I have the riffraff new intake boot and it appears to be partially collapsed.. ?
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If you are referencing the boot that replaces the factory orange boot mine has been that way since I purchased and installed it. I am not sure if it is the construction or the length or what. I don't think it hurts anything though.
Have you done a CCV delete? If you have not it is normal to see a bit of oil in there. If you go IC I suggest you do the CCV mod.
Have you done a CCV delete? If you have not it is normal to see a bit of oil in there. If you go IC I suggest you do the CCV mod.
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I have not done the CCTV mode. iC will be a while as well, as I see no use on it for me.. Regarding the oil, I actually had the oil on the intake splitter. I believe it came out of the intake side of the turbo and just got sprayed around the intake from the fan
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If I recall correctly ya'll rebuilt your turbo. It seems like there has been a couple of threads you've posted with issues pertaining to your turbo. I'm kind of curious about how good your kit was. But I don't recall ever hearing of an EBPV forcing oil out the turbo. But I have heard about it blowing out and causing a massive oil leak.
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I never did like the idea of using the EBPV as an exhaust brake.....or even an exhaust brake period. Just seems to me to be too much back pressure on the turbo. That's just me though. I'm not saying they are bad, I just don't care for them.
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Any exhaust brake should have the same effect on the turbo as using the EBPV. The technique is the same: choke off the exhaust gas to retard the engine enough to slow the vehicle down.
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