lbz turbo problems

[dmaxman06]

so heres the story my wife was driveing her 07 lbz and it through codes and runing like a dog so this moring when i got home from work i looked at codes 2563 and 003aso a quick search revals turbo vanes stuck


now the crappy part next week were going on a long trip have hotels lined up dinner rev the hole nine so i dont wanna drive my 06 front end is f up and eats tires and there no way im sticking me my lady and my daughter luggage into a rc

so my question is can i do anything to get the vanes unstuck without pulling the turbo and with them stuck would it still be ok to drive the truck for our trip runs fine just no bottom end till u get into 3 gear

thanx for any help guys

 

[Harbin_22]

Not going to hurt anything to drive it. Fwiw, I just swapped my valley chrager start to finish in about 3hrs. Its not that bad of a job to do.

 

[plowboy_lbz]

If the vains are clogged with soot you can take it out and run the living shit out of it. Get the exhaust hot to burn off the soot off. Might work might not. As far as changing the turbo for a first timer it will take you a whole day.

 

[Muff]

Im with plowboy, if you dont have the time to fix it try beating it like a rented mule to get it hot and free them up.

 

[dmaxman06]

yeah i may not of swapped a turbo on a dmax before but im a mechanic by trade and wrench on all my own stuff so i think i can handle it

and thats good to know that i can try and run the piss outa it i just didnt wanna do that and break something internal time to hot rod a bone stock truck lol:woott:

 

[dmaxman06]

well after more digging i think im going to try a vane sensor before i spring money on a new turbo is there anything speical to know about the sensor before i pull it

 

[Harbin_22]

Nope. Take it off put a new one on. Not 100% sure if you will have to do a relearn or not.

 

[dmaxman06]

good to know i have read about doing a relearn but im going to rob the one outa my 06 since i know its good and try it before i drop the 300 bucks on a new one so hopefully it works out

 

[NC-smokinlmm]

Did you scan it first to see if it is the issue?

 

[Leadfoot]

When my vane position sensor went out, truck ran mint. The only reason I knew it was bad was the vanes would constantly cycle at idle. Smooth idle, then the vacuum cleaner woosh, smooth idle, then vacuum cleaner woosh, repeated. Normal driving was fine. Not saying it isn't the sensor, but that what happened when mine went. I don't remember the number of the code it threw, but the code stated: Vane position sensor...... when it was read with a scan tool

I hope it's something simple for you.

 

[dmaxman06]

ok removed the sensor and took a chincy screw driver and tried moveing the shaft in there and it moved freely so i took the one outa my 06 and took it for a spin and what do ya know it run awesome again and no codes poped up probley drove it 10 miles on the test drive so were good to go just have to order a new sensor for my 06

 

[dmaxman06]

Did you scan it first to see if it is the issue?

yeah first time codes came up i got a 2563 and a003a cleared them and started digging up info took it for another spin and got codes again just the 003a this time cleared when i swapped sensors no codes came back

When my vane position sensor went out, truck ran mint. The only reason I knew it was bad was the vanes would constantly cycle at idle. Smooth idle, then the vacuum cleaner woosh, smooth idle, then vacuum cleaner woosh, repeated. Normal driving was fine. Not saying it isn't the sensor, but that what happened when mine went. I don't remember the number of the code it threw, but the code stated: Vane position sensor...... when it was read with a scan tool

I hope it's something simple for you.

yeah my guess is it just depends how the sensor fails mine just stuck at a certin percent and i couldnt go off exhaust sound becaues the truck still has stock exhaust so u cant hear crap lol