How did my turbo blow?

WALLY AB

MEMBER
2016 FORD F-150
3 CYL
TURBO
AUTOMATIC
130,000 MILES

Recently did an oil change and I noticed some extra smoke recently. I added some Lucas stabilizer and now it smokes like crazy. The impeller has movement but what made it fail so quickly?

Wednesday, September 25th, 2024 AT 1:42 PM

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JACOBANDNICKOLAS

MECHANIC
109,747 POSTS

Hi,

Was the smoke from the exhaust and does the vehicle have any history of oil consumption? I know there were engines being replaced on the 2.7L turbo vehicles.

I need to know what size engine this has and if any diagnostic trouble codes were stored. Here is a link that shows how to check for codes:

https://www.2carpros.com/articles/can-scan-controller-area-network-easy

Let me know.

Joe

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Thursday, September 26th, 2024 AT 1:03 PM

KEN L

MASTER CERTIFIED MECHANIC
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Yep, they just do, because the turbo spins so fast when it goes bad it does so very quickly which will cause the aforementioned smoke. This is a common problem with these trucks, I would replace both turbos to fix the problem, here is how. I show one right the opposite side is similar. Check out the images (below). Please let us know what happens.

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