Took off my turbo today looking for the cause of my oil burning. Turbo bearing is shot. My $130 eBay td04l 13t lasted less than 10,000 miles. Perhaps it was because I was trying to get 5,000 MI out of the dinosaur rotella t and not using synthetic. Boost has never been more than 15 psi.
I had another tdo4 that I rebuilt so I put it in. Oil smoke is gone now.
Going to redo my oil supply line as the rubber line with Barb fittings is leaking a bit. Not sure if I'll do copper line with compression fittings and brazing or maybe go to Napa and have them custom make me a hydraulic line to fit.
Glad to know that it's the cheap turbo going out and not excess blow by / rings going bad from my inframe rebuild.
Might try a bigger turbo. Put up with a little bit of lag for more boost on the top end to lower egts on the highway.
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