turbos on 6.7 suck

12superduty · Feb 16, 2012

so crusing down the highway yesterday and the turbo blew no explanation at all. has anyone else on here seen why they have been blowing up

Powerstroked162 · Feb 16, 2012

12superduty said:
so crusing down the highway yesterday and the turbo blew no explanation at all. has anyone else on here seen why they have been blowing up

What model truck? I've been hearing the cab & chassis trucks are eating their turbo's pretty regularly.

Chris · Feb 16, 2012

We have had 1 f-250 and 1 f-450 (not cab and chassis) truck blow turbos. both were tuned and not ran easy, but far from abused as well. both trucks were earlier build dates for what its worth. I know on my 6.7 when the boost gets up there, it gets a different tone to it, much like a 7.3 does when its stock turbo is in its unhappy place.

Im wondering if the double sided compressor wheel needs a better bearing setup to handle high loads, due to its most likely heavier weight and different balance.

powerstrokin15 · Feb 16, 2012

my dads 6.7's just took a crap last week. 2011 CC/LB 350

ProjecT 9 · Feb 16, 2012

powerstrokin15 said:
my dads 6.7's just took a crap last week. 2011 CC/LB 350

Running KEM green card?

powerstrokin15 · Feb 16, 2012

ProjecT 9 said:
Running KEM green card?

it started whinning prior to any sort of tuning.. but yes it is running Green Card tunes. we absolutely loved them, and it wasn't the cause.

12superduty · Feb 16, 2012

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young7.3 · Feb 16, 2012

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Throw some tow powers in there or a s300 turbo.

powerstrokin15 · Feb 16, 2012

young7.3 said:
Throw some tow powers in there or a s300 turbo.

not sure there are tow power style turbos available.. only thing ive seen is a compound setup with the factory turbo.. but you gotta remember-warranty is free LOL

96stacked&smoken · Feb 16, 2012

i think he was in 6.4 land.lol

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powerstrokin15 · Feb 16, 2012

96stacked&smoken said:
i think he was in 6.4 land.loloke:

i agree LOL

TXGLASSMAN · Feb 20, 2012

powerstrokin15 said:
not sure there are tow power style turbos available.. only thing ive seen is a compound setup with the factory turbo.. but you gotta remember-warranty is free LOL

Is warranty gonna cover the turbo even being tuned?

powerstrokin15 · Feb 20, 2012

TXGLASSMAN said:
Is warranty gonna cover the turbo even being tuned?

tuned back to stock

imp:

Eric@One of my mobile units

Dieselboy · Feb 20, 2012

Glad i got rid of my 6.7 LOL

http://powerstrokenation.com/forums/showthread.php?t=98995&highlight=

Lowdown89 · Feb 20, 2012

Talked to a guy from down in Macon, ga at the php dyno day who said they had a 6.7 truck that was used for hot shotting and it was eating the turbos every 4k miles, they have been looking for a reason why as they have another 6.7 that's identical that does fine... Be interested if someone comes up with a reason behind the turbo failures

01PSD · Feb 20, 2012

I'm pretty sick of hearing about it, they need to fix the $hit before it turns into a HUGE problem :fustrate:

Dzchey21 · Feb 21, 2012

anyway to monitor back pressure on a 6.7?

Sounds to me like they are sensitive to overspeed, or they have an air filter issue

Jeff@Spartan · Feb 21, 2012

My dad has a 2012 F-250. Hopefully this doesn't become a common issue. His truck is stock (for now) and I know he runs his truck hard. Hopefully his holds up because I talked him into finally getting a 6.7L. lol

TXGLASSMAN · Feb 21, 2012

My 2011 has 30k on the clock and hasn't had an issue at all

I made sure I was knocking on wood as that was said above lol

powerstrokin15 · Feb 21, 2012

our other shop 6.7 has 79k and almost all tuned... no issues there. but my dads started having turbo issues prior to tuning and it finally took a crap. should be out of the shop soon-tuner and intake will be going back on with some updated tunes from mike.