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Originally Posted by franklyspeaking
Yes, the turbo failed catastrophically shortly after I had changed the oil cooler seals. I suspect I did something wrong on the reinstall? So I bought a Chinese core and rebuilt it. I have cleaned the intercooler, which had a lot of oil in it, and now I have concern for the exhaust/DPF. It smokes pretty badly now, and I am hoping that driving it will burn it out? I am seeing 22 psi exhaust back pressure at idle now, and am afraid the DPF may not clean up by driving?
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I think I would be looking for a used exhaust system parts. Someone's car out there got Bady wrecked but the exhaust system is OK.
Anything that can be removed and put into a hot cleaning tank can be cleaned. In the old days people took their parts to places that did that.