A couple months back, I lost turbo power coming up a hill on the way home, while towing the RV. Dropped off the RV and took the truck out on the highway - still, no turbo.
Took it to Ford the next day and the turbo "was working" on the drive there. Ford ran diags and test drove twice - no trouble found.
Took the truck home, took it on an RV trip - all was well, until yesterday. Towing the RV on flat ground in 100 degree heat for about 4 hours and I started to hear a sucking or wind rushing sound. I thought it was FM radio static but I could still hear the music well. Turned the radio off and heard the sound still, then bam, lost turbo power and engine got real noisy.
Babied it for the next 60 miles, watching the oil temp and pulling over once to allow the oil to cool. Got to the CG, popped the hood and saw the issue right away. It's a short plastic hose/pipe and the collar of it is snapped at the inlet to something. The something is a cast metal housing and there is a vane inside.
The end of the hose/tube where it broke at it's molded collar was jagged. My fear is that the engine ingested some bits of plastic. I stuck my finger inside the round inlet where the metal vane is to see if there was anything chunky in there. I pulled out the blackest, oily fingers you've ever seen.
I found a roll of metal foil tape and using short sections of it, got the hose "mended". I have not pulled the RV yet to see if my turbo power has been restored. We shall see. We'll on our way to the Springfield, IL area for the North Central Region Rally. I spoke to Jon Holbert by phone the morning about my truck and he told me there's a large Ford dealer in Springfield. My plan is to make it there (250 miles), purchase and install a new hose.
Question: What is it that this hose is connected to? Is it the Turbo? The Intercooler? I am not well versed in the components of my diesel engine.
Took it to Ford the next day and the turbo "was working" on the drive there. Ford ran diags and test drove twice - no trouble found.
Took the truck home, took it on an RV trip - all was well, until yesterday. Towing the RV on flat ground in 100 degree heat for about 4 hours and I started to hear a sucking or wind rushing sound. I thought it was FM radio static but I could still hear the music well. Turned the radio off and heard the sound still, then bam, lost turbo power and engine got real noisy.
Babied it for the next 60 miles, watching the oil temp and pulling over once to allow the oil to cool. Got to the CG, popped the hood and saw the issue right away. It's a short plastic hose/pipe and the collar of it is snapped at the inlet to something. The something is a cast metal housing and there is a vane inside.
The end of the hose/tube where it broke at it's molded collar was jagged. My fear is that the engine ingested some bits of plastic. I stuck my finger inside the round inlet where the metal vane is to see if there was anything chunky in there. I pulled out the blackest, oily fingers you've ever seen.
I found a roll of metal foil tape and using short sections of it, got the hose "mended". I have not pulled the RV yet to see if my turbo power has been restored. We shall see. We'll on our way to the Springfield, IL area for the North Central Region Rally. I spoke to Jon Holbert by phone the morning about my truck and he told me there's a large Ford dealer in Springfield. My plan is to make it there (250 miles), purchase and install a new hose.
Question: What is it that this hose is connected to? Is it the Turbo? The Intercooler? I am not well versed in the components of my diesel engine.
