Popped driver side turbo.

[Zach Robertson]

Last friday i blew my driver side turbo in my 2017 2nd gen with 86K, and in taking it off i found the culprit, the tab off the main retainer was hanging in the oil drain line, causing about an 1/8” of play in the turbine shaft in and out allowing oil to proceed into the intake side. White smoke billowed out the exhaust. Smells like a fountain firework. I bought a new stock replacement turbo from ford and installed. After starting and idling for approximately 30 min i began driving around the neighborhood. White smoke still billows out the exhaust and truck shutters at like 3000 rpms, hard to get up to speed. I removed intake and intercooler piping and removed excess oil checking play in turbo shaft and ease of spinning. All good. Changed out spark plugs and began driving. All was fine for about 5 minutes as soon as i gave it a lil more truck shuttered and now its a mix of black and white smoke. Still smells like fireworks. Any help out there?!?!?

 

[NORCAL SS]

Last friday i blew my driver side turbo in my 2017 2nd gen with 86K, and in taking it off i found the culprit, the tab off the main retainer was hanging in the oil drain line, causing about an 1/8” of play in the turbine shaft in and out allowing oil to proceed into the intake side. White smoke billowed out the exhaust. Smells like a fountain firework. I bought a new stock replacement turbo from ford and installed. After starting and idling for approximately 30 min i began driving around the neighborhood. White smoke still billows out the exhaust and truck shutters at like 3000 rpms, hard to get up to speed. I removed intake and intercooler piping and removed excess oil checking play in turbo shaft and ease of spinning. All good. Changed out spark plugs and began driving. All was fine for about 5 minutes as soon as i gave it a lil more truck shuttered and now its a mix of black and white smoke. Still smells like fireworks. Any help out there?!?!?

Probably fried the cats during this.

 

[4rdFan]

Have you tried looking to see if excess oil has accumulated in the intercooler?

 

[Antho]

check you pcv?

 

[FordTechOne]

Both good suggestions. Once oil is in the cat, it takes a very long time to burn off.

The other question is whether you replaced the turbocharger oil filter in the block. If the filter is damaged/restricted, it will destroy the new turbocharger very quickly.

 

[Wfo]

Hope you get it sorted!

 

[Zach Robertson]

PVC and intercooler both checked out good. I replaced plugs and checked compression (130psi across the board) reset ECU seems to be running good now!

 

[Zach Robertson]

Does that turbo oil filter mount near the truck oil filter?

 

[FordTechOne]

Does that turbo oil filter mount near the truck oil filter?

Nope. On the side of the block for the oil feed line. Only needs to be replaced when a failure occurs.

 

[TheClaw]

Both good suggestions. Once oil is in the cat, it takes a very long time to burn off.

The other question is whether you replaced the turbocharger oil filter in the block. If the filter is damaged/restricted, it will destroy the new turbocharger very quickly.

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What program is this?