It could be due to the intercooler. Signs of defective intercooler: black soot and oil at the underside from the leak.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Friday, May 16, 2025
Pick up headaches finally over
After several trips to various p up service center nearly 6 digits in repair costs (labor and changing sensor) today our agony with the pick up truck which is nearly new, is over. The trouble was with stuck and dirty turbo actuator (the variable turbo actuator is prone to problems)
The expense this time was lower: cost of scanning and the teardown and cleaning.
A grab businessman who used to be HE operator, worker in car manufacturer, and head mechanics of car rental company said that most of car mechanics of service centers up sell, or sometimes outright doing guess work for the repair: not methodical or critical thinker.
Today we spent only P800.00 for scanner and the rubo actuator cleaning We can use the pick up again. Before the brand was the go to brand: we bought two vans and one pick up from them, Now we are thinking hard whether we should stick to them.
One advice to avoid this turbo problem is to allow the cooldown of the engine for 5 to 10 minutes before turning this off. Otherwise you cook the oil which cools down the turbo shaft.
Thursday, April 24, 2025
Case excavator lost power due to malfunctioning turbo; be sure turbo has proper oil supply
Matt found his newest acquisition, a Case excavator always on verge of stalling as he goes through its function. It happened on cold day, and he mistakenly had an open throttle, and this may have caused the turbo failure.
The solution is always turbo replacement and the challenge was removing the turbo from the exhaust manifold. You need heating the nuts and bolts and they can get stuck in areas where there is plenty of cycle for heating and cooling.
Thus do not turn off engine at once after a long drive as it will cook the oil cooling the turbo. Install a turbo timer and or wait for 5 minutes before turning off the engine
Black smoke after replacing turbos and injector
It could be due to the intercooler. Signs of defective intercooler: black soot and oil at the underside from the leak.

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