i tried looking under the intake manifold to see if i could see anything but i couldnt but it was also dark and and the intake and intercooler pipes were on. this weekend while im fixing my exhaust leak then ill see if can find something. kinda hoping the block craked new motor or new truck insurance claim but i doubt it is because i have no oil leaking

 

so i tried fixing this boost leak and it wasnt happening. i spent 9 hours and didnt even get close. i loosened up everything i could and still nothing. to add to that my crank no start while hot is back

 

Are you positive it's leaking from the up-pipe area? Is it possible the y-pipe is cracked? You can lose boost from a lot of places, so is it just a loss of boost you see or it's for sure an exhaust leak?

 

yeah it was leaking from the exhaust inlet to the turbo then i fixed that but not i cant get it to line up with the egr inlet. no matter what i do how hard i try whatever i loosed it doesnt line up. i loosened the the bold that go from the header to the y pipe on both sides, the uper part of the y pipe just between the egr inlet and the turbo inlet. i tried using mirrors bororscopes everything possible and i couldn't get it

 

Did you loosen the turbo itself?

 

yeah i even took all the mount bolts all the way out. i was so dam frustrated that i just gave up. i head to the desert in two weeks for six months so i think ill just deal with it when i get back

 

yeah i even took the mount bolts all the way our. i got it lined up on the turbo exhaust inlet but now its leaking from the old egr cooler inlet opening in the up-pipe. im leaving for my 6 month deployment in a couple weeks so i wont be messing with it untill i get back but even then i may just have a shop do it for me as much as i hate having other people touch my vehicles i may have to

 

so i finally got the turbo and ducts lined up perfect, but i cracked my y pipe. so now have to pull it out and have it welded.

also i tigned up the rubber tubing on the egr cooler and my coolant is still pouring out. i have no idea where its coming from at all. i put a wrench on the donut side and i didnt want to tighten it anymore becuase i felt like i was going to snap the bolt. then i would've been up **** creek without a paddle.

also i had to go back in to tighten up the stc fitting becuase i didnt fully tighten the jam nut. after i got everything put back together, if i go to crank it, it sounds like it has a whole *** load of compression so its not letting it crank at its normal rpm's. im so confused how i go from not compressing any oil to compressing to much by tightening a jam nut.

help please