65fury

i was was driving my truck tonight and went to pass a guy so i turned off valet mode (which i usually never drive with it off) and passsed the guy at almost full throttle. and smoke just poured from my exhaust, so i let off, but right before i let off i heared a sound from the turbo , kinda like a bark, and then lots of bad scraping and knocking noises came from it so i pull the air cleaner off and found that the whole shaft moved up down and side to side, what would cause this, over boost? over speed? what? sorry don't know what the boost was at when this happened (was watching the smoke ) please help i don't know what happened but some parts don't fit snuggly anymore. thanks


jason

PourinDiesel

Jason,
Sounds like your turbo is now worth its weight.

TheBigNasty

Typically aftermarket turbo's are set up a little loose but a stock HX35 should have very very little side-side and up-down play and no in-out. Maybe you hit the magic 48psi that killed my past two.

65fury

sooo... do you think its fixable or should i just buy another? thanks

jason

BigBlue

I'd take this as a sign to upgrade to a bigger, more efficient turbo.

TheBigNasty

With the current dv's and your plans to do 435's don't waste your money on rebuilding it. AT LEAST, if you are poor like me, get an HX40. If you can find the money it would be best spent on something in the area of a 64/14.

65fury

well i figured out what happened, and it wasn't my right foot , it was starved of oil , for some reason it was it didn't get oil at the same time i was passing some guy, so why would this happen??? is my oil pump bad?


jason

65fury

i talked to the good ole boys at HTT and decided to get a new cartridge for the turbo and keep it the same, i'll just have to wait to build the twins a little longer but it was cheaper this way. i could have thrown down $1500 on a sweet new charger that would handle 500hp, but then i wouldn't be able to build the twins, which i hecka want. thanks for the help, and any ideas on the oil pump issue??


jaosn

65fury

so anyone have any idea on why the turbo wouldn't get oil, i heared about a check ball valve for the turbo or somethin, is my oil pump bad? or maybe the check ball valve? need to now so i don't burn up the next charger. thanks


jason

PourinDiesel

If the turbo aint getting oil nothing else is either.

blackdiesel

why couldnt you get a sps 62 and then put a s400 under it later?? Thats a more efficant twins set up than a hx35 and a ht3b IMO

65fury

can't argue with you there, but i just couldn't justify a $1600 turbo and then spend another $1000+ on building a twin setup later.


jason

65fury

well im not sure what happened then, cause i drove the truck home, (from work) without the turbo on(had to drive slow) and when i got home the turbo cartride, which i hooked up to the oil line so i could drive the truck, and there was oil leaking from it cause the gasket was bad(this was my old first gen turbo cartridge, the new one has a good gasket) so im not sure why the turbo burned out. HTT said something about a check ball valve for the turbo?? anyone know of this? thanks


jason