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Ensure your fuel filters are properly torqued (Can suck air with out leaking) and examine the return fuel line just in side the tub on the drivers side , it is notorious for cracking and leaking usually after shut down , sucking AIR , any of the above can also lose prime and result in excessive...

I would agree with dog head, assuming every thing else is ok engine wise I dare say someone has turned the wick up on that truck , use the post here or find a competent individual to turn it down, There is a point where you gain no real performance ,BUT, decrease engine life by keeping the EGT...

Yes, Ive looked and watched for them for ten years, The price was good considering the scarcity and they were brand new, Not a scratch in the paint ! very quick shipping and LOW shipping cost , now to find the elusive mortor carrier COMPLETE kit

your going to laugh, have one, looks exactly the same , used on a J 79 turbo jet engine that powers F 4 Phantoms , exact same size, who would have thunk, I have kept it 24 years since I retired, , karma !lol

The simple flip and squash says it all about him. Thief born every second and that's what it is, plain and simple

Don't forget to to check the fuel solenoid, Ie, is it pulling on start.

if you kept the eye blinds on you wouldn't have seen her LOOK Good job on the project looks good

Got the braces today, Thank you Mark for the tip ! mail man was complaining how heavy the parts were, (its my sister)

What size is that wrench, it looks familiar

No doubt. I forget the number but VOLVO made a nice heavy duty RElIABLE turbo , it was used originaly in its european long haul lorries, good performance not real heavy on boost seems it was about 18 to 24 pounds, used to be lots of them around, havnt seen a Volvo in the north for a while , bet...

Red, if you want to spool a "larger "turbo there are a couple of unique ways to do it, depends on your ability to avoid your wife scrutinizing your pay check . one can run a compound turbo, a small one and a larger one, the small one spools up faster and then provides pressure or velocity to...

Wow, so you were the guy by the POOL . lol Thanks.

Nice to hear you got it fixed, I would surmise from your description that you have an inducer /exducer shaft seal and likely bearing failure. V band clamp captive t bolt can take some incredible stress. But the area that kills them is incipient rotational vibration. . Usual failure mode used to...

Hes just BUSY, like most of us

ON the cummins HX40 turbo, its a well known failure mode, they do have a modified longstalk turbo with a reconfigured tip. adds a sweep back , has good initial reports,

A few , areas you may look at. If you have bad shaft seals in the inducer or exducer you can suck raw engine oil into the turbo and it will dramaticly increase black smoke. a careful check of you oil level with confirm or deny it , Also one can remove the intake or exhaust pipe and visually...

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Did notice its a 5 ton, have one of those as well , must apologise, I still think all M 35 LDS/LDT , Its either fuel, too much, or air , not enough, combustion, inadequate, ( IP adj. or injectors ) I assume you are running it unloaded most of the time, keep the rpm up and the accels gentle ,

Iam not familiar with Ohio , would make sure its operating properly, My 109 doesn't smoke at all even under load. But at the risk of POLITICAL INCORECTNESS, Is the smoke measurable . is it Illegal in Ohio in the time it will take you to discover the culprit. If its illegal , certainly don't...

Guys just some advice on "SOAP" Spectrometric OiL Analysis, We used it since the 40s in the USAF on Jet engines primarily. That is where it started. IT CAN BE a wonderful tool , but there are a couple of basic things one must understand 1. to be of any value you have to know what metal...