Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 This impeller is out of the third.... yep, the THIRD turbo this truck received. The truck is chipped and exhaust deleted. This is a shot of the compressor, turbine and what is left of the shaft (broken in two places). The bearings are in wonderful shape with no sign of oil starvation or overheating. My best guess is overspeeding the turbo (the owner could often be spotted "rolling the coal"). Kharma's a bitch. Sorry about the quality - taken with my phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Who's paying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 A very, very, very angry customer... his first turbo was free, the second turbo is still under dispute this turbo is "bring yer Mastercard" and, as I understand it, the truck is at the auction. My thoughts? We should have slapped a garagemans lien on the truck to keep it from being "converted" to trade in value and told the customer that the maker of his bling might help him pay the bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 This dovetails nicely with that emissions fine thread we have going. All of that horsepower and torque and it's still not enough for some of these people. In this case Ford, the dealer and possibly even the technician shared in some ill effects of this repeated failure caused the the elimination of factory equipment and a non-OEM approved engine calibration. Like you pointed out Jim, the manufacturer of the tuner is not being scrutinized by anyone apparently. May I ask who the customer is very, very, very angry with? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 I like how years and years of development are put into a calibration by the manufacturer, but the aftermarket guys can churn calibrations out quicker than I can make chicken wings disappear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Most of his wrath is directed at Ford and us... not entirely sure who is at the epicenter but the one that isn't is guilty by association. The aftermarket is innocent of all wrongdoing from what I can gather and it is the piece of shit truck that can't handle an accessory or four. This failure occurred many miles from home and that dealer told him that the intake is full of debris and that we left it there. Looking at the impeller, I have to wonder where the debris from that impeller went. FWIW, I was involved in this repair in that I was consulted for my thoughts a few times and, from what I could see, the intake and exhaust were cleaned as thoroughly as humanly possible. We see this carried into other areas of modification. Death wobble exacerbated by wheels with ridiculous offset, vibration from idiotic driveline angles, aftermarket exhaust pieces, air lift bags and lift kits all competing for the same real estate... and on, and on. In most of these cases the owner blames the truck because the accessory doesn't fit. I've had an ongoing battle with a customer with a 6 inch lift. He goes down a bad road and the centrally located steering damper bracket (mounted by u-bolts to the front axle tube) gets pushed down onto the tierod - the truck has massive steering effort, memory steer and several other sins that don't come to mind at this time. After repositioning and retorquing the bracket a couple of times, I finally welded it into place. Now, instead of twisting down, the bracket bends down. The lift kit is not at fault - I am just a shitty mechanic.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Wow this guy has a bigger wallet than his penis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 His penis has a wallet too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sneakypete Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 hahaha. awesome Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 My penis has no wallet. It would just cause trouble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted January 20, 2013 Author Share Posted January 20, 2013 My penis has no wallet. It would just cause trouble. How about if you just gave it a small allowance? What do they call that? A stipend? A stiffend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bruene Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Originally Posted By: Alex_Bruene My penis has no wallet. It would just cause trouble. How about if you just gave it a small allowance? What do they call that? A stipend? A stiffend? It might have a result similar to "whiskey-dick". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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