All My Boots Are Good
Ebr Tube New
Reman. Turbo
2000 On Oil
2000 On Fuel Filter
Mechanical Waste Gate Set Almost As Hard As It Will Go
Have Had Tuner On All 4 Settings W/ Appropriate Responses From Each
I Also Remodeled Intake

I Have 15lbs Boost Max
Sluggish Pulling Power
Low Fuel Mileage
Slow Throttle Response

Please Help Before I Have To Take It Somewhere

Thanks

 

Have you check for fault codes?

 

Cimb up ontop of engine, Contort into most uncomfortable position possible, and check the Up pipes for exahust leak. I think the bolts have been known to partially back out

 

It Has Thrown No Codes

I Will Check Those Bolts

Thanks

 

Here's what worked for me. Take your CAC boots off, clean them well(remove all oil) use permatex brush on gasket maker on the boot mating surfaces. While still tacky, assemble and tighten clamps. I did this over 20k ago and saw a dramatic increase in performance. Higher boost, lower egt's better mileage. Good Luck.

 

This is assuredly a good idea. As the boots age, they get stiff and hard. sometimes they crack or split, sometimes they look perfect and yet get leaks due to natural flexing of the engine during torque. I've replaced several sets of boots in the past two months, but that's a maintenance choice we MADE.

 

Whatever you do, do not make the same mistake as me... Before I found this site I went to ford and bought my boots...I know, stupid mistake... 400 bucks worth of stupid. You can get them from a site sponser for half that. I know that now. All I can say is that VISA loves me!

 

wow.... We have a company here in Joplin called Turbo Supply, and shall I say we paid less than HALF that? ... sorry.

 

Check your fuel pressure.
I know I sound like a broken record here but, no offence, all the foundations have to be good.

 

I agree with Kwikk. The fuel pressure is critical as is the HPO system driving it. I am not so sure you need to use gasket sealer/former. Sounds like a one time use on the CAC tubes to me. If they looked good and you cleaned them well, they should seal.

If you have maxed out the wastegate, your problem is elsewhere. If you cannot find an up pipe leak or boost leak, then you may not be getting the fuel to build any boost. Not gonna happen if you cannot spin the turbo. That requires adequate fuel supply.

 

I got the idea from a guy over at TDS who used hairspray. Being bald, and having a potato cannon, I didn't have any readily available. What I did have was a can of aviation permatex. It does seal things up rather well and is by no means permanent. I've had them apart since with minimal effort. Clean up with a little acetone or MEK. By doing that alone I saw a 3-4 psi increase in boost at highway speed and about 100 degree lower egt.

Here is my thinking behind this whole idea. I was going to do the CCV mod when I discovered this. I had, like everyone else, the telltale oil around the CAC boots. Clean off oil residue, torque clamps, 3k miles leak still there. So I read about the CCV mod. Reroute the crankcase vent to the atmosphere. Hmm. I have a high mileage truck, probably more blowby than most. The last thing I want is a stinky mess. So I read about welding a fitting into the exhaust. Then people had problems with oil leaks due to too much crankcase pressure.

Needless to say, all this sent me back to the drawing board. Living in a state full of bunny huggers, I decided not to vent the CCV out to open air. I toyed with the idea of a racor filter, but cost was a determining factor on that one. (wife want a new house!) Back to square one. I was told that the reason people do the CCV mod is to keep the boots from blowing off at high boost pressure. Get rid of the oil film, boots wont be slippery and blow off. So you get rid of the oil but you still have the air leak. Now you dont have the dusty oily boots to tell you that. When I pulled my intercooler to change the water pump I expected it to be full of oil after 300k miles. Much to my surprise, it was less than a teaspoon. I spoke with Bob at Dieselsite, and he said that he recommends the CCV mod to remove the oil film from inside the intercooler because it acts as a insulating medium degrading the heat transfer process. That made more sense to me. I'll just pull my intercooler once a year to clean it! Who doesn't enjoy wrenching on these things?

So, to sum it all up, you have to control the air leaks. The stock design of the boots and tubes is poor at best, but is what we have to work with. All I can say is, it worked for me. Sorry if I rambled, I've just finished my first of many cups of morning coffee. I know better than to post with no caffine!

 

Thank you for rambling. It's good to see folks thinking things through as I try to do. The CCV mod may never cause any problems, this I may never know. But I'd rather clean my intercooler once a year than to have an oily film in my exhaust and wonder whether it's the CCV or bigger problems...