Sidekick issue?

pinko · Nov 12, 2017

This is my first turbo so bear with me. Just installed a sidekick on my axys. It was fired up once for 5 minutes in the shop. Seems to be leaking a bit of oil out of the exhaust housing. I'm after cleaning this up twice over the course of a week. Also are these coolant lines ok being this close? Seems too close to me.

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Prodealer24 · Nov 12, 2017

This is normal I installed my turbo last year and mine did the same thing just ride it will be ok. I put 700 flawless miles on last year

pinko · Nov 12, 2017

Good enough for me! It's my kind of luck that I'd get the one bad turbo that boondocker sent out haha

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Jreng87 · Nov 13, 2017

You should not be leaking oil like that.
Check your oil lines and make sure they are connected well. Check the oil line and make sure there isn’t a cut or hole or anything. Try and verify exactly where the oil is coming from. I have not seen one boondocker kit out of mine and about 8 friends with oil sitting in the bay like that..

pinko · Nov 13, 2017

It's definitely leaking by inside the compressor housing.

pinko · Nov 13, 2017

Got word from Boondocker that it's normal and should go away after a ride or two. Comes from overfilling the oil line

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Prodealer24 · Nov 13, 2017

because the oil feed line is a one line in it has to have some way of releasing pressure and too much oil so oil will leak past the seals otherwise you would be deadheading the bearing for the turbo, mine sled leaked like that for two or three rides and now it is good to go

sledsnowco · Nov 19, 2017

If this a 18 kit on a 18 axys Boondocker has a reflash they put out Friday.

pinko · Nov 19, 2017

It's on a '16 but mines still being sent off for reflash

Jreng87 · Nov 19, 2017

sledsnowco said:
If this a 18 kit on a 18 axys Boondocker has a reflash they put out Friday.

This would not have anything to with the reflash.

CHAZWILDMAN · Nov 19, 2017

What is the re-flash all about? just a better tune? how are these running on the 18's ,would love to hear a ride report!!!

pinko · Nov 19, 2017

Sounds like there's some changes in the ecu for '18 and was causing some det issues. They're reflashing all '18 sidekicks

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sledsnowco · Nov 19, 2017

Mine wouldn’t even run. First 2 miles it went into det. It’s currently running on 1 cylinder. It was backfiring and running bad all day. I’m not happy right now

CHAZWILDMAN · Nov 19, 2017

sledsnowco said:
Mine wouldn’t even run. First 2 miles it went into det. It’s currently running on 1 cylinder. It was backfiring and running bad all day. I’m not happy right now

is this an 18 kit? installed on an 18 sled?

pinko · Nov 19, 2017

sledsnowco said:
Mine wouldn’t even run. First 2 miles it went into det. It’s currently running on 1 cylinder. It was backfiring and running bad all day. I’m not happy right now

Unfortunately s*** happens. This was completely out of boondockers control. They're getting the issue fixed fast as possible

Jreng87 · Nov 19, 2017

sledsnowco said:
Mine wouldn’t even run. First 2 miles it went into det. It’s currently running on 1 cylinder. It was backfiring and running bad all day. I’m not happy right now

So you have issues right away, but then continue running it “all day”? Why? That’s a good way to break stuff that could potentially be avoided.

Jreng87 · Nov 19, 2017

CHAZWILDMAN said:
What is the re-flash all about? just a better tune? how are these running on the 18's ,would love to hear a ride report!!!

The reflash will be a new fuel map to run a bit richer as too many of the 18s were leaning out and causing DET.

sledsnowco · Nov 20, 2017

After the initial det it cleared up. We continued up the road and had a fire and some food, on the way down it started running like poop and I was headed backing to the truck. I would never neglect a problem and try to arm my brand new sled.

colorado_matt · Nov 22, 2017

Did you try changing plugs? Doesn't necessarily have anything to do with the turbo. I took out some of our new 18's over the weekend including one with a SideKick. The sled with the SideKick fouled one plug and one of the 100% stock sleds fouled both plugs. Worth a try.

Chad steele · Jan 5, 2018

sledsnowco said:
Mine wouldn’t even run. First 2 miles it went into det. It’s currently running on 1 cylinder. It was backfiring and running bad all day. I’m not happy right now

Hope you figured it out I know there has been a few people having issues with the fuel pump tests out fine bet looses pressure after running it

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