Oil pressure is always at the halfway point, but when the idle starts fluttering, the oil fluctuates too.
Thanks for the turbo rebuild thread, it helped a lot.
Matt
I was thinking of parting it out, but I'm just at the point in my life where I don't want to be elbows deep in the engine anymore. I'm trying to get out of the trucking business.
The 19.5 tires are down to 20-30%, The auto tranny has never let me down, but it (and the whole truck) has 180,000...
Thanks for all your help. At the moment it seems to be a spun bearing. The engine is rapping like someone is smacking a hammer against it as hard as they can. When I accelerate, the rapping gets faster. As the truck heats up, the idle starts fluttering until it stalls. I can keep it going...
95 GMC C3500HD 6.5 Diesel
I just rebuild my turbo using a thread posted at 'the truckstop.us' titled: Rebuilding a GM8 turbo,show and tell - from user Bison.
The thread was very helpful and the turbo worked great with the rebuild kit I used.
However, you know the turbo oil return tube...