Contain the turbo heat!

[izzni]

So last year I was out in the Big Horns on a epic day with way over the hood powder. I was making run after run on a hill that no one else in the group could carve there way over to, or make the turn up without getting stuck.

After maybe 10 or 12 runs, one after the other, I went back to the group and shut the sled down after idling for a while. I heard a hissing noise and realized I had a coolant tank leak. Ever since that time I also had a low RPM issue.

I finally built a boost leak detector with $9.66 of components from Menards and found this:



Moral of the story:
The turbo was putting out so much heat after those runs that the exhaust shield was hot enough to dry out and crack the charge tube in addition to splitting the seam on the coolant tank.

I'm going to blanket the headers and turbo to try and get the heat under the hoot underhand, because right now it gets way too hot under there.

 

[Turbo11T]

Another thing your may want to get is the evo boost hoses. They stand up to the heat way better.

Glad you found your issue! It is not fun having a sled that doesn't work quite right. I can tell you that likely you coolant bottle get super hot ad well and that's what likely caused the burst.

The intercooler fan on the 11t also is great as it moves a lot of air in the engine compartment.

 

[f7firecatkid]

Another thing your may want to get is the evo boost hoses. They stand up to the heat way better.

Glad you found your issue! It is not fun having a sled that doesn't work quite right. I can tell you that likely you coolant bottle get super hot ad well and that's what likely caused the burst.

The intercooler fan on the 11t also is great as it moves a lot of air in the engine compartment.

have them on my turbo. the gasket between the turbo and the outlet pipe was gone for who knows how long but the hoses were just fine. the inter cooler looked like it got burnt a little but the fan looks/works just fine.