I develop a big oil leak that I'm 95% certain is from a blown o-ring on my HPOP. I have those parts but decided to rebuild my turbo while the truck was down, and I just got it all apart, and the "drive" side looks HORRID!! If this is normal, then OK; if not, I may be in the market for a whole new turbo

I'll be posting a pic shortly for y'all to see. Hope it's normal, but .... ugh. Thanks in advance y'all!

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that is not normal, just rebuilt maine last mouth, didn't look like that, good luck

 

Crap... not what I was hoping to hear, but thanks for the reply.

 

Sorry Brendan, that is not normal. We can get you a new shaft and turbine wheel factory balanced.

 

What would cause that? Just curious.

 

There was another thread a while ago with the same problem.

https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/9...lay-video.html

 

Wow, that sucks. I wonder what found it's way into the exhaust.

 

Calling you in 3....2....1...

 

That sux Brendan but a good excuse to finally upgrade the turbo. lol

 

yeah, i might be heading for a 38R here right shortly.... Bob's getting me prices on parts though, so we'll see where that shakes out. I was REALLY hoping to have her back on the road by Saturday.... RATS!

 

the way the blades are folded over id venture to guess it might be from excessive EGT's

 

If you're willing to spend the money man then go with the 38R or a van turbo. Should be a nice addition. They're spendy though.

 

The highest I've ever seen was 1200° and that for a VERY brief period. Of course, there is the possibility that my gauge isn't 100% accurate, but at 65mph on flat ground I'm typically around 650° and ~5psi of boost, so they seem to be in the normal range.

I'm really leaning towards ordering a 38R, just wish I'd have found this earlier in the week!! Now I have a GTP38 rebuild kit for a turbo I likely won't be using.... bummer.

 

If you go 38r I'm sure someone will buy that rebuild kit from ya.

 

Yeah, that wheel is done.
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Also I've seen a lot of references to a 38r turbo, but have no idea what the specs for it are vs the stocker.
Google isn't much help on this one, all I get is a bunch of links that say: "Get a 38r."