Turbo Bolts

[Worm]

Any vans experience loose tubo bolts?

[Rob S.]

Yep, here are some pictures of mine:

Top Bolt

Bottom Bolt

The bottom bolt is trapped by the bolt holding the pedestal.

I had the dealer install the new bolt kit # 1C3Z-9G486-AA per SSM# 14753 7.3L turbo bolts loose. I will check'em out after awhile to make sure all is well.

[Sam]

Turbo bolts are still tight at 104,000 miles but I did need to snug up the left manifold to turbo pipe clamp bolts two weeks ago.

Sam

[Nailbanger1]

Rob S.

How many miles do you have on "the rig"

the mechanic at my dealer looked at me funny when I mentioned loose turbo bolts.

What is SSM#14753?

[Rob S.]

Nailbanger1

At the moment I have 17K miles. The bolts first came out around 5K, and since then I have been retightening them until I had more reasons to take it in for warranty work.

I think its standard practice for dealers to give you that “funny” look. No matter the problem they always look/act like they never heard of any problem with any vehicle. After I presented my pictures their funny look disappeared and they installed the new bolts. I wasn’t so lucky with my other problems – noisy vacuum pump and intermittent electric door lock on the sliding door.

Anyway, I believe SSM#14753 is the service bulletin for "loose turbo bolts". I obtained this information from another poster in the "Engine and Drivetrain" forum.

I would definitely check your bolts…

[Worm]

Checked my turbo today and all are tight @ 10k. I drove to the store with the engine cowl off. That is one loud engine!!!!!!!!

[HeyBob]

I took the clubwagon in today, mentioned SSM #14753 and got a blank look from the writer, however another guy at the counter looked it up, they checked my turbo and found a loose bolt and did the service under warranty.

Thanks for the tip! [img]images/icons/wink.gif[/img]