Keshka
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Poor Raptor! Seems she did not like Baha mode much today. Took her to a nice desert play area, ratted around trails ranging from crawl to 80+. Total time about 30 min. She performed better than any rig I have ever owned (and that's lots over the years). Pictures to follow. But just before getting back to the pavement a strong noise from the turbos, a loud whine that varied with peddle and RPM. Open the hood....nothing to see here and no whine at idle. Drive some more taking it easy as I can limp back to town to pick up that fire extinguisher I had been meaning to buy for the truck. While in the store I though perhaps my little plastic gas jug might have come loose and bumped the on board generator switch and the extra alternator was loaded and creating the whine. ...Nope, no gen going full tilt. I even tried turning the generator fully off, whine still there and 40 miles to the dealer. We take off and about 10 miles down the road I check for boost on the digital display....none! Next thought was perhaps I blew a hose from the intercooler...that could account for whine and no boost. Stopped to check....don't see anything. Take off again but now the whine is gone. still no boost and she is really acting weak. We cruse really easy at 60 down the freeway for another 30 miles an pull into the dealer. Now I can clearly see excess smoke coming from the passenger tail pipe. Well that was the final clue that the passenger side turbo had lost it's bearing and seal and was now pumping oil into hot exhaust = smoke. Left it with "Vern", he is going to come in tomorrow, a Saturday just to run diagnostics (I have a great dealer). My sales rep set me up with a brand new Edge as a loaner till she is fixed. I can tell you what! My Raptor has really spoiled me...that Edge sucks! Hoping turbos are easy to get and in stock. Down side....no Raptor for awhile, good news....good income for the service department.
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