chrisk1500
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Hey Guys,
This is not really 6.5 related at all (unless your ride has stacks and you need to tow it), but it is about a diesel turbo and I know there are a few guys on here that might be able to answer it.
I bought a combine the other day as harvest is quickly approaching and I needed to have it hauled from the sale site to my yard (150 miles). We got the combine loaded up and the hauler asked me to go tape up the end of the stack (the stack would be facing directly into the wind).
I asked him why. Was he afraid of birds flying into the system? He answered that he was once told about a guy who had his piece of equipment hauled and did not tape up the exhaust system - the force of the air ramming down the muffler kept the turbo spinning for the whole trip - without an oil supply to the turbo, it got toasted.
Is it possible? I can see what he was saying, but I had never heard of it before (and never taped up and of the equipment we own that has stacks on it)....better safe than sorry I suppose.....
This is not really 6.5 related at all (unless your ride has stacks and you need to tow it), but it is about a diesel turbo and I know there are a few guys on here that might be able to answer it.
I bought a combine the other day as harvest is quickly approaching and I needed to have it hauled from the sale site to my yard (150 miles). We got the combine loaded up and the hauler asked me to go tape up the end of the stack (the stack would be facing directly into the wind).
I asked him why. Was he afraid of birds flying into the system? He answered that he was once told about a guy who had his piece of equipment hauled and did not tape up the exhaust system - the force of the air ramming down the muffler kept the turbo spinning for the whole trip - without an oil supply to the turbo, it got toasted.
Is it possible? I can see what he was saying, but I had never heard of it before (and never taped up and of the equipment we own that has stacks on it)....better safe than sorry I suppose.....