No exhaust?
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No exhaust?
Hi Guys,
I replaced my turbos this weekend on my 2008 SD 6.4, that had lost a seal in the turbo and was blowing oil through the exhaust at a rate of oh, a quart a mile or so. Everything went as great as could be expected. Replacing the turbos is definitely a pain in the rear end. Anyway, I started the truck with only the down pipe connected, and all is good. I shut her down, let her cool off and connected the rest of the exhaust. I started the truck and new immediately something was wrong because of the wooshcoming from under the hood. There was absolutely nothing coming out of the tail pipe. After dropping $2000 on the turbos, I don't have the cash to do a DPF delete and program the truck. Do I have any other options? Can the oil be cleaned out of the DPF, CAT and muffler?
I replaced my turbos this weekend on my 2008 SD 6.4, that had lost a seal in the turbo and was blowing oil through the exhaust at a rate of oh, a quart a mile or so. Everything went as great as could be expected. Replacing the turbos is definitely a pain in the rear end. Anyway, I started the truck with only the down pipe connected, and all is good. I shut her down, let her cool off and connected the rest of the exhaust. I started the truck and new immediately something was wrong because of the wooshcoming from under the hood. There was absolutely nothing coming out of the tail pipe. After dropping $2000 on the turbos, I don't have the cash to do a DPF delete and program the truck. Do I have any other options? Can the oil be cleaned out of the DPF, CAT and muffler?
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I only know of one method myself to do it and they do it is by baking it off in a high heat oven sort of way and it turns it all to soot and gets cleaned out that way, but I have heard that isn't exactly cheap.
I don't know of another method, but surely some of the clever souls amongst us may have some ideas as I am sure your not the only person who has had this issue
I don't know of another method, but surely some of the clever souls amongst us may have some ideas as I am sure your not the only person who has had this issue
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I have heard of a couple taking the dpf off and hosing it down and getting a bunch of stuff out of it.
Had good results.
I'd be inclined to give it a shot.
Did you raise the cab some to get at the turbos? or just removed them in place?
Had good results.
I'd be inclined to give it a shot.
Did you raise the cab some to get at the turbos? or just removed them in place?
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I had to raise the cab. Otherwise it is impossible to get the bolts out of the back of the turbo that hold the up pipes on. I took a floor jack and raised it up and slid a 2x4 where the body bolts go. That gave me just enough clearance to reach over the pipes while laying across the top of the engine with a ratchet.
It was definitely not an easy job. I started at 9:00 Saturday morning, worked till 8:00 that night. Started at 11:00 Sunday morning and fired it up at 8:00 Sunday night.
I did round of the head on one of the bolts, but fortunately I was able to get in there with a Dremmel and a cut off wheel.
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22 hours just to replace the turbos? I would gladly do it for that! Warranty pays about 7.4 hours to remove the body and replace both turbos.
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