4x4dually
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Listen here Mr. Ron Jeremy mustache....oke:
I'm listening.......powder....blue.......
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Listen here Mr. Ron Jeremy mustache....oke:
Listen here Mr. Ron Jeremy mustache....oke:
I'm listening....powder......blue.....
Ditch the POS VGT
Box 366, eff the vgt, eff the exhaust brake lol.
Sure write me a check for $2500 so I can go buy a turbo smart guy:umno:
Does The Switch Illuminate?
If the nozzle is effed up preventing it from traveling all of the way it will typically overload the motor and throw a turbo code of some sort. Scanned for codes at all??
That being said aftermarket turbo will be a much cheaper route than replacing the vgt turbo. Those are pricey little units....
Of course aftermarket turbo doesnt fix your lack of an exhaust brake issue either LOL
Hey Mark. I thought of something. Try putting the H&S back to stock. You could go ahead and try the exhaust brake on stock just for chits. Then reinstall the tune file.
It'll throw codes, but it's not going to blow up or anything. The codes may not even derate it right away. It's worth a shot.
Sure write me a check for $2500 so I can go buy a turbo smart guy:umno:
lol, or you can keep fussing with it and troubleshooting it, removing it and cleaning it, etc. until you realize it's toast and have to replace it... reman units are getting up close to $2k these days.
a used HE351 and 5.9CR manifold shouldn't set you back more than $600 or so...
FWIW I can provide a Holset VG turbo replacement for 1650.00.
I'm betting the slide collar is jamming up against a bunch of soot.
My typical break-free procedure is repeated 0-100mph full load acceleration runs...
we had a truck that completely plugged the filter and the entire exhaust path was caked with soot. the VGT had a very limited sweep. it was stuck open. When the truck came in, it would barely start and would rough idle for about 3-4 seconds before it shut down.
The truck would POUR black smoke at the lightest throttle input. I had to manually shift the truck out to red line to be able to maintain any boost and not send EGT to the moon.
It took about twenty minutes of just putting as much load as I could put on it over and over and over and over before it would finally actuate the VGT enough and the soot was burnt/blown out of it that it would accelerate normally and not black smoke.
I didn't dare touch the exhaust brake button lest it get stuck in the closed position as they're prone to do!!!!
You can try the factory Dodge cleaning procedure (which will cost you $200-300 in tools/fluids) and/or remove the turbo, remove the exhaust housing, and clean the collar/slide of caked up soot. We don't do that on customer trucks because you'll charge them for an R&R and physical de-soot, and it may only work for a day or two before it hangs up again. You'll only eat the labor on that so many times before you adopt Dodge and Cummins remedy procedure which is "replace turbo".
But as the owner of the truck, a manual cleaning might help.
You can't just putt around in 6.7 and expect the turbo to work flawlessly... if they never see any heat, they're going to stick. People delete them so that they can putt around and idle them all day without clogging the filter, but they fail to realize that if the turbo never sees that sweet 1500* regen heat (or some good heavy load towing or haul-assing) to burn off the soot, it's going to stick eventually.