I have a 2002 Dodge ram 2500 SO Cummins.*BONE STOCK*

It's automatic.


Last night I got stuck pretty bad in some mud, The truck was working hard and heating up, so I turned it off. Bad idea, because when I went to turn the truck back on it was hotter than ever.

Turns out my coolant resevoir had a crack in it. However today upon driving I think I may have broken something.

Symptoms:
-Dark smoke out tailpipe upon entering boost, clears up though.
-Tea kettle whistle sound while in boost, gets louder with RPM and increased boost.

HOWEVER: Truck retains its same power.

Both symptoms where not apparent prior to this event, and it leads me to believe I have a boost related Issue. (Pinhole boost leak??)

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks, Sobo

 

was it under water?

 

No never... I was going down quad trails and got stuck on a steep incline. However I was busting through some puddles pretty good.

 

check your inner cooler

 

I would say intercooler or a Shot turbo, you can easily blow a head gasket like that as well. Hope for the best , look for the worst.

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Also , The intake gasket (the long one) will cause the tea pot whistle your getting. I've seen folks take their fuel filter housing off and not put shorter bolts back in. Causes a nice whistle , not to mention its next to the map sensor so it could by a long shot cause that smoke as well!

 

Headgasket is fine, I'm not loosing coolant from there and i drove home under solid temperatures the entire time. Also I just changed the oil there was no coolant dilution.

I never took my fuel filter housing off either so...

It's gotta be:
1. Boost couplers
2. Intercooler
3. Intake manifold gasket
4. turbo(although it spools fine and also has little to no shaft play... maybe the heat caused a seal to get shot..)

 

Make sure you didn't pop off the hose from your Airbox to Turbo this can cause the whistle.

 

i was lookin at the shuttin it off hot and coaking the turbo now trying to break it all up and harming the turbo

 

I had an issue similiar to this awhile back where i had more black smoke then ever and the whistle noise as well. Turned out the be a coupler on the intercooler, I could see it the only way I found it was through a homemade pressure test. Might want to try that

 

If it was a seal in the charger it would be white smoking at idle.