Had a turbo feed line blow out on a 6.7 Powerstroke yesterday

I was doing a routine oil change on a 2015 F-250 in the shop when I heard a loud hiss and saw oil spraying. The braided line from the block to the turbo had a pinhole failure right at the fitting. Truck had about 140k miles on it. I had to shut it down fast and spent the next three hours cleaning oil off everything and replacing the line. Has anyone else seen these factory lines fail around that mileage, or was this just a fluke?

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the_xena2mo ago

Ngl, that sound and the mess is the worst. Honestly, I had a coolant hose on my old Duramax let go in a Walmart parking lot, not oil but the same kind of braided line failure. It was this huge puddle of green stuff and steam everywhere, people were staring. Took me forever to clean up and get a tow.

hill.sarah29d ago

140k miles is exactly the point where those braided lines decide they've had enough of your truck's bullshit. Mine gave up on a Thursday afternoon, same pinhole failure right at the fitting, and I spent the rest of the day wiping oil off my alternator and inner fender with brake clean. Did you find that little pissant puddle that somehow gets inside the frame rail or was yours just a surface level mess?

jordan3612mo ago

Honestly that's a classic failure point on those trucks. Tbh I've seen a few of those factory braided lines let go right at the crimp around that mileage. Was it the high pressure oil feed line or the turbo oil drain tube? The feed line is way worse for making a mess. Did you end up going with an OEM replacement or try one of those aftermarket upgraded lines?