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Old 04-11-2008, 04:25 PM   eBay Motors   #4 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by tireburnin54 View Post
Doesn't hurt them. It is a turbo "stall", the fins cant catch up with the air. I work for Cummins and this is a fairly common problem on the Heavy duty engines
I beg to differ......thats how my factory turbo went . Basically what happens is your turbo is spinning at 120,000+ rpm and when it barks, it is dropping as much as 40-50,000 rpm in a split second. This can bend shafts, hence grenade your turbo.
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