After gutting my EBPV, I noticed the dreaded leak out of the end of the actuator barrel. So, realizing that there no instructions or pictures on this mod, I decided to give it a try. First, www.gts-motorsports.com/turboexhrbld.html has an excellent article on turbo removal, which is what you need to do first, remove the turbo. After removing the turbo, you should see something like this and get started.

Notice the snap ring holding the plunger into the barrel. Also notice the 4 bolts that are holding the turbo to the pedestal. Remove the 4 - 10 mm bolts that hold the turbo to the pedestal. Watch out for the 2 o-rings that are between the turbo and pedestal.

In this picture, I have removed the snap ring and removed the plunger and spring from the barrel.

Now you can see where I made my cuts. I cut flat along the pedestal and cut into the barrel of the EBPV housing. Once I got half way through, I used some bolt cutters to chop off sections of the housing ( I broke my only sawzall blade). Here you can see all 4 holes that need to be filled in.

In this picture, notice where the solenoid was (the hole just left of the barrel) I removed the barrel by melting the nut off the stuf and removing the solenoid valve with a pair of pliers. There are 4 holes you need to fill in. Actually 2 small holes, 1 large hole, and one gap.

One last view after grinding to clean it up before welding

Here's what mine looked like after welding with a spool gun on a MIG welder. Don't laugh, it's functional and doesn't leak. I would have TIG'd it, but didn't have any aluminum filler rod. Keep in mind that it takes quite a bit of heat to get penetration in the aluminum. Make sure that your welds will hold before reinstalling because you would get really mad if you had to remove the turbo again to fix ANOTHER oil leak. When it cools, re-attach the turbo to the pedestal and reinstall the turbo.

Here are the parts you are getting rid of. From left, EBPV solenoid, snap ring, end cap, solenoid valve, and plunger also the scraps of your barrel, wherever you threw it. Lastly, for those selling modded pedestals, I'm not trying to take business away from you, just trying to help some people out who need to get the oil leak fixed. After turbo removal, plan on an additional 1.5 - 2 hours to get all the fabrication and welding done. Thanks for reading Jared Jeffries (tallfarmboy on www.thedieselstop.com