Posted by Jon Hagen on February 15, 2009 at 19:48:22 from (12.175.230.58):
In Reply to: O/T Turbo Chargers posted by John B. on February 15, 2009 at 18:28:09:
That subject came up on another site, the arguement got me on a "google" search of every turbo builder/rebuilder I could find. On the sites troubleshoot /failure analysis pages, not one listed air windmilling the turbo during transport as a failure cause. Almost all listed keeping road trash,(water, dirt, rocks, metal bits) out of the exhaust / turbo / engine as a reason for covering the exhaust during transport.
I once saw a turbo off a late model IH tractor, where the mechanic had left a 3/8 x 1 bolt in the turbo intake pipe. They started it and the bolt was sucked into the turbo's compressor turbine. They did an emergency shut down, but the bolt had already nearly milled the blades off the compressor turbine, ruining the turbo and filling the engine with metal shavings.
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