OK, never owned a diesel until this one, so please forgive me in advance for this stupid question.

How can you tell if your turbo is working or not? I have read posts about people talking about "Turbo Bark" and of a loud blowing sound that kicks in while driving and pulling uphill.

I have never heard a thing out of the ordinary in mine. I was pulling up to a red light today and one of the older, noisy Dodge diesels, probably 97 or 98 model, was beside me. As he let off the accellerator, I could distincly hear a whirring whine sound coming from his engine, and I suppose this was his turbo doing something.

Should I be hearing this or whats it all about?

Thanks,
Rick

 

its working if your truck moves with out turning the day into night the other guy had mods people will kick in with them. search DTR for

silencer ring
BHAF
Scotty
Twins
strait pipe

school your self a bit and go to user cp /profile and put your truck detail in

 

Roco334, No stupid questions

Welcome to the wonderful world of diesels, as well as to the site. Go to your profile and fill out your "sig". When people read your post they will be better able to help answer your question if they know a little more about what kind of truck you are driving and some if any mods you have made. Like D.M. said, you'll know when your turbo don't work. If you have a brand new CTD you may not even hear your turbo whistle while it works.

Welcome aboard!!!

 

Mine didn't make a sound until I lost my silencer ring then it came to life.

Jamie

 

OK, thanks for the replies.

I also think I have the signature thing going also, guess this post will tell.

Thanks again,
Rick

 

rico334, if you want to hear your turbo whistle, take out the silencer ring and put in a re-usable air filter. There are many brands, K&N, AiRaid, Scotty...This will insure turbo songs...
tom

 

Now wait one cotton pickin' minute here. I have an '01, which probably falls under your "older, noisy Dodge diesels" . There is nothing wrong with a good diesel engine, sounding like a real diesel engine. And the turbo doesn't whine (-or-'s whine), it simply whistles while it works.

 

HEY FIRESTORM!!!! CAN YOU TURN YOUR TRUCK OFF SO WE CAN HEAR YOU???????

 

It all depends on wether I stopped at you, or you stopped me. If you stopped me, and are not nice, NO I CAN'T.