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more than likely it wasn't a turbo, rather it was probably a cracked injector, a notorious problem on these units. It doesn't generally affect the units performace but boy does it throw out smoke and fire, especially as you go to notch 3, 5, and 8 (these are the throttle positions that the engine revs up in, the others it stays at the same rpms as previous throttle) and the turbo is lagging behind. I've been on these units when they throw flames about 8 feet above the stack, and black smoke goes everywhere. I got tested once by the superintendent and a road foreman and I had two of those SP8100's (dash9-44cw's) and both of them had this problem. anyway, we stopped they did their little test, and as I was pulling away I went to #5 throttle, well the wind was blowing just right, and before you knew it you couldn't even see either the super or the road forman, it was hillarious!
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