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    Posted: 04 Mar 2016 at 8:50am
Originally posted by ToolmanJohn

Yes, seeing the turbocharger boost is interesting. When driving at normal highway speeds, and boost pressure is near zero (under 1600 rpm engine speed), but when towing, boost is always at 10-15 psi at 65mph, and up hills it ramps up to 25psi when the tranny downshifts to 7th and 6th. More boost, more fuel...


No.. MORE BOOST, MORE POWER!!!

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I change my tranny fluid every year. Easy job, I just disconnect the feeder line to the cooler and start the truck and let it pump while I fill. Takes about 10 minutes. 
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I've been watching YouTube. A lot of people use a 12v pump to charge the tranny fluid in from the fresh jug. Then the return line fills the other jug. Is that the way you do it? Or can the tranny draw and evacuate all on its own?
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Originally posted by ToolmanJohn

Yes, seeing the turbocharger boost is interesting. When driving at normal highway speeds, and boost pressure is near zero (under 1600 rpm engine speed), but when towing, boost is always at 10-15 psi at 65mph, and up hills it ramps up to 25psi when the tranny downshifts to 7th and 6th. More boost, more fuel...


No.. MORE BOOST, MORE POWER!!!

Tongue

Yeah that too!! It's crazy to think that to increase power, just increasing air through boost and simply injecting more fuel, it will make more power, until eventual failure. Diesel won't pre-detonate like gasoline, so the power is essentially unlimited until the engine melts or explodes!! I see my EGT (exhaust gas temperature) exceed 2000°F on long pulls. Not harmful because I don't run a tune. 
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