bsevans
05-26-2006, 10:20
When my vehicle started stalling, hard starting, surging, poor fuel mileage, erratic idle and finally no-start (over a period of 3-4 months) and the dealerships and independent diesel shops all telling me it was probably my injector pump which the dealership had replaced under the extended warranty 16K miles ago, I turned to the internet to educate myself.
I found many before me with the same issues that where identified as most probably FSD related. I bit the bullet and pulled the turbo casting and intake manifold so I could remove the old FSD, replace the injector pump harness, all the fuel hoses and get to that readily accessible OPS.
I looked at the turbo inlet casting and was amazed that there where just two slots milled in the web surrounding the EGR feed thru. This has to be a restriction to the flow and I decided to do the following:
First, I took a router with a 1/2" carbide bit and carefully removed the entire web leaving the flats for the outer gasket and the circular flat for the EGR gasket. I was stunned to see almost a
I found many before me with the same issues that where identified as most probably FSD related. I bit the bullet and pulled the turbo casting and intake manifold so I could remove the old FSD, replace the injector pump harness, all the fuel hoses and get to that readily accessible OPS.
I looked at the turbo inlet casting and was amazed that there where just two slots milled in the web surrounding the EGR feed thru. This has to be a restriction to the flow and I decided to do the following:
First, I took a router with a 1/2" carbide bit and carefully removed the entire web leaving the flats for the outer gasket and the circular flat for the EGR gasket. I was stunned to see almost a