Here's one I bet you have NEVER heard of. I have a 2006 Ford F-350 with a 6.0L PSD.
Pulling my fiver down the Interstate and started up a fairly steep grade. All of a sudden my EGT went to 1500 degrees and the EOT went to 235 degrees and a substantial loss of power.
I backed off the throttle and pulled in to fuel up and left the engine running to cool. While fueling up, I called my Diesel Tech at the Ford Dealer and asked him what he thought was going on. He thought it was my EGT Cooler going and said I was OK to run it as long as I monitored the temperatures.
We made it to our camp spot and had a great weekend outing. Monday AM comes around and we are now back on the road with a less than powerful PSD. I pull into a Ford Dealer and they put the truck on the computer to find it is giving a error code of 299 (low boost) from the Turbo. The turbo vanes were stuck inside the turbo and would not rotate. We decide to leave the truck/trailer at the Ford Dealer and jump in with other camping folks for a 6 hour ride home. 4 Days to get the part and a $200 plane ticket to fly to the small town to get the truck and we are back on the road.
When they pulled the old Turbo off and opened it up, it was really "plugged up" with soot from the exhaust - so much so that is plugged up the turbo.
Sure have heard of it-----Just replaced turbo on truck in sig. Yeah under warranty, but it sure has me wondering. Mech. said "maybe it isn't worked hard enough". I have never babied any of the five diesels I have owned. So the plan is to drive it like I stole it as long as it is in warranty!!!
Fixing the turbo is not fixing the whole problem. For that much soot I would have to assume the engine is running rich. Ya might have them check injector flow, or anything else that would cause the engine to run so rich. Good luck.
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RussC wrote: Mech. said "maybe it isn't worked hard enough".
I have heard of this. Supposedly, the 6.0 turbos can and will develope rust if not run hard. If the turbo gets rusty, it can then accumulate dirt / debris.
Of course, this is the internet, so take that information for what it's worth.
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Shepardsonp & RussC; As I am driving one of the 350's what mileage did this occur at?
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Had the same thing happen to me leaving Myrtle Beach one morning heading back out to the Island (Cape Hatteras). Called my Ford dealer and he said limp it home and did. The
2005 Dually PSD 6.0 got me back home but lots of black smoke and loss of power. Took it to the dealer and they replaced the turbo and said that rust and carbon had blocked the vanes. Comment from the dealer is I don't start it up and home and exercise the turbo ( only tow the fiver with it) was instructed to start it at least one a week and idle up to where the turbo kicks in. Happened at 35,880 miles....
Your fun has just begun. After a series of repairs of various sorts, lot's of down time, and some research, we determined that the 6.0L Ford diesels in our fleet were CBW. Cursed By Witches. The 6.0L did not last long, and was no 7.3, I assure you. Wait until your fuel tank delaminates, and they blame it on your using biodiesel. Even when your fleet card records show no such fuel used, and no one in the area is known to sell biodiesel. And then there's the transmission fun. And front brakes.
At quite some expense, we are replacing all 6.0L diesels in our fleet. Only six more to go- replacements arrive in August. All Dodges. Earlier replacements were Chevys. Guess what we won't be buying again.
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