I was driving down the highway yesterday and when i attempted to pass somebody all i heard was a loud grinding noise in the engine nd my stacks started pouring out white smoke. and when i pulled over to stop it kept grinding and it sounded like it was grinding thru the exhaust....any idea's if its the turbo bearings or the whole turbo?

 

take off the airfilter and see if the blades spin freely and see f there all chewed up.

 

ya sounds like a turbo just pull your intake off and see if your blades are chewed up

 

the blades are a little bit chewed up at the ends and it does spin freely...

 

how much play does it have in it like up down side to side? back and forth

 

Interesting; last saturday my truck did the same thing. The impeller seized (lots of black smoke though not white). If you have white smoke it sounds like oil is getting all over. If your turbo was just dead it would be over fueling and making lots of BLACK smoke.

 

when my turbo blew it was lots of white smoke and all chewed up. and their was lots of metal shavings in the oil

 

it has some play back and forth, side to side....any idea's where i can get it rebuilt or probably a new one for a decent price?

 

yours was making black smoke bc it seized and the engine wasnt getting air, he is losing a small amount on oil through his intake adn exaust

 

Check ebay and all the diesel-forums forsale sections.

Oh so the oil is causing white smoke for him?