CHANGED AIR FILTER & FOUND PROBLEM

[rburks]

Today, after FLUSHINg P/S System, i Pulled of my 4-yr old BHAF Air Filter to replace with new, When i pulled Boot off of turbo, there it was,, the Compressor wheel blades were Damaged, "Not wiped out" but few of the edges of blades are frayed up pretty good, but there's no excessive play in the shaft and the blades hasn't been rubbing the housing....

 

im trying to post pictures

[rburks]

Today, after FLUSHINg P/S System, i Pulled of my 3-yr old BHAF Air Filter to replace with new, When i pulled Boot off of turbo, there it was,, the Compressor wheel blades were Damaged, "Not wiped out" but few of the edges of blades are frayed up pretty good, but there's no excessive play in the shaft and the blades hasn't been rubbing the housing....

 

im trying to post pictures

Edited June 24, 2015 by rburks

[rburks]

Sorry, some way another i must have posted this agin when i was trying to attach/upload pictures...

[CSM]

Man. That stinks. Do you have any idea what it was?

[Cowboy]

When you install a BHAF, it's not a simple 'plug & play' setup.  First you must make sure it doesn't rub anywhere it shouldn't, like the original mounting bolts for the stock air box.  Second you must support the rubber flange of the inlet with some sort of steel pipe, or the connection might leak.  

 

That really stinks though.

[Mopar1973Man]

It was solid debris that struck the compressor blades. So there was either debris inside your filter or a hole has been rubbed into the filter.

 

[rburks]

YEP'' i been running BHAF For long time, i have a Heat shield L-shaped mounted thru original air box bolts my filter is suspended on both ends setting on Foam pillows at each end

IVE seen motors get sucked full of dust and not pit the compressor wheel like this,, this was metal or alum fine particles id say caused this

[rburks]

Well Mike it was about dark and unless it just didn't catch my attention the filter look fine wasn't really all that dirty, reason i pulled it anyway was cause I've been loosing boost and spool up slow unless i turn it up to 5 and let it smoke,,, 

[rburks]

 When i seen it my thoughts were exactly as yours, HAD TO BE A HARD SUBSTANCE TO CAUSE THAT

 

I MEAN that filter would have had to have a big"hole" and lay"n on top of a pile of rocks to do that

[rburks]

You think there might be a connection here  

 OIL CONTAMINATED/ BLACK & BROKE DOWN

 

  LOWER THAN NORMAL BOOST

 

   COMPRESSOR WHEEL MESSED UP

   

[rburks]

OR am i just SPAZZ'N OUT 

[rburks]

Come to think of it,..IVE not had that end of the boot off sense it came back from body shop couple yrs ago, 

[Mopar1973Man]

Well the turbo is destroyed like mine was. The compressor wheel was destroyed by a hose clamp. So mine sucked in that debris of the damaged blades. So in you case I'm not going to say the sky is falling but its time to investigate a bit more and figure out what happening. Oil dilution is cause by failed injectors. That can be checked by doing a pop test of thee injectors. Not a turbo issue. But debris issues could cause a compression issue (blowby). So compression test would verify that problem. Since the injectors have to be pulled to be pop tested you could do a compression test too. Another thought is wastegate issues? (sticking open)

[rburks]

ATS don't have waste gate

[rburks]

Well the turbo is destroyed like mine was. The compressor wheel was destroyed by a hose clamp. So mine sucked in that debris of the damaged blades. So in you case I'm not going to say the sky is falling but its time to investigate a bit more and figure out what happening. Oil dilution is cause by failed injectors. That can be checked by doing a pop test of thee injectors. Not a turbo issue. But debris issues could cause a compression issue (blowby). So compression test would verify that problem. Since the injectors have to be pulled to be pop tested you could do a compression test too. Another thought is wastegate issues? (sticking op

Well the oils clean it it right now, just changed it, so if it starts turning black i a few days ill push the panic button. i saved some of the old oil i think I'm going to drop off a oil sample down at the cat dealer

[Mopar1973Man]

 

That's an damaged compressor wheel. So in your case I would inspect the air filter and just replace it. As for the oil I still say to pop test the injectors to be sure.

[rburks]

thing is, theres nothing else that would lead me to believe theres a problem with the injectors, idles smooth as silk, no smoke no missing, no smoke in the morning when started

 

i guess stranger things have happened

[rburks]

Come to think of it,..IVE not had that end of the boot off sense it came back from body shop couple yrs ago, 

 I Know I'm quoting myself"""" But i keep coming back to this cause its really the only logical explanation, "I'm not pointing fingers right now but they were the last one to have the hoses and clamps off so i could see how truck could set there in shop w/ all the stuff off, the air system exposed to anything and everything while there waiting on parts or busy on something else

 

*****SORRY*** Im referring to the Body shop that the Insurance co. assigned me to take truck to to fix after Accident, (front end)..wiped out Grill, bumper, Radiator, Air charger and Fan Assem. ....

 

  ***I Guess I've totally forget about the possibility that it could be something related to the collision . and it just never got noticed but i pulled the boot off right after and there was no damage so IDK

Edited June 24, 2015 by rburks

[JAG1]

It wasn't me.....

If ever I'm around don't leave any bolts laying around with an open intake tube

[mulcher812]

Ok ok.... 

 

I did it. 

 

No not really but that does suck. I'll look in the shop tomorrow and see if I still have a compressor wheel for an hx35. If I can find it I'll pm you.