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Nov 19, 2006 | 08:17 AM

mollikate

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From: Fort Valley,GA

Dusting

I Do Have Some Dusting,do I Replace Housing And All?(light Sandblasting)
I Also Found Lots Of Blow By On Turbo Pipes But No Holes
I've Cleaned It All Up And Will Put It Back Together Today.
I Just Put The K&n Filter In,been Running Stock Up Until Now.
Need To Know Best Filter Replacement To Use.

Nov 19, 2006 | 11:37 AM

Texas Outlaw

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Are you still running the stock air box? If so I don't really think that just installing a K&N filter will work. The stock air box is poorly designed and leaks which in turn allows debris to flow into the turbo. If it were my truck and I was going to change out the turbo then I would change out the air box too at the same time.

Nov 19, 2006 | 04:53 PM

Stewart_H

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Originally Posted by mollikate

I Just Put The K&n Filter In,been Running Stock Up Until Now.

Everything I've read on the diesel forums, regarding the K&N filter, is not to use it because it allows more dust and dirt to pass through than all the other filters out there.

The Pro Guard 7 filter AFE uses supposedly has superior filtration characteristics, second only to the OEM filter by one half of 1%.

Stewart

Nov 19, 2006 | 10:34 PM

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Originally Posted by mollikate

As far as Air intake systems are concerned, the Ford Severe Duty AIS, the 46637 intake , and the AFE with the pro-guard 7 filter are excellent for these engines. An oil analysis by a place like www.blackstone-labs.com for $20 will show how well your air filtration/induction system is doing along with giving you a good picture of how your engine looks on the inside.

The blow by you mentioned sound like the oil build up from the crankcase vent (if I understand you correctly). The crank case is vented into the air intake just before the turbo. Many folks do a CCV mod to reroute the crank case gasses and get rid of the oily mess it can create.

Hope this info helps....