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Haha really? Here I was googling garrett m12 thinking WHY THE HELL DOES THIS NOT EXIST. All the intake piping looked standard I couldn't see any evidence of it being a different turbo than stock (myself). I am going to quiz the mechanic/dealer tomorrow when car is returned. Bearings in old turbo were stuffed anyway - so that's been fixed under warranty.

that's the issue! I get the car back tomorrow with apparantly the factory turbo. All I remember is the garrett M12. Car was having issues with turbo, only getting like 2-4psi of boost and sorta going everywhere it was not so good. throwing fault codes todo with wastegate actuator and solenoid, boost too high/low etc. It's under warranty from a car dealer so they are putting the original turbo in the car (which for insurance reasons im happier tbh). I'll know right away if it is a different turbo and will report back on that one. They have taken a very long time to sort this issue out and I am quite pissed off and just want my car back.

Hey my mechanic informed me the reason as to why things were taking so long to replace my turbo was that the current one in the car was not factory. I remember reading Garrett M12 on the side of my turbo. car had lots of issues with it not boosting right but now has the factory turbo on and is good (I prefer factory turbo, insurance reasons). Am I being lied to? does the stock turbo say Garrett M12 on the side? Is there any other way I could have known for certain what was on my car? Cheers!

Oh well, I'd only be running them for a few hours. My cars got an issue where it keeps producing smoke from the two rear tyres, I havent been able to get my head around why it loves leaving big long black tyre marks?!?

ahhh what a relief - I'll take it all into a tyre shop and get em to fit my current tyres to these new rims. What would happen if I say put these tyres I found are too big only on the rear and the stock on the front? I would like to perform some burnouts and would love to shred these tyres that have 90% tread on them.

Hey I have managed to come across a set of 4 FG XR6 rims which are 17". They are in excellent condition with heaps of tread on the tyres. The wheel is the same size as my old wheels however they dont clear that suspension thingy at the front - I'm thinking the actual tyre is too big and if I can fit a lower profile tyre to the rim it will clear this (that's the thing that is like above the tyre). They make the car look really awesome and I cannot wait to have them fitted. the tyres fitted ar 235/50R17 and I'm pretty sure (can confirm if you need) the current tyres on the stock rims are 235/45/R17 (I think). I really hope I can make this work otherwise I'll just sell these rims again and easily make my money back. cheers John.

I would love a cruise that ends up at the serpentine national park for a BBQ lunch - that would be really quite nice I think. Everyone could relax after a good mornings driving in a pristine national park. I've never been on any cruises though before so would not really know what to do in terms of organising something.

I work away and need to get in on this somehow. However I would not wish to dominate the day with what I would love to get done. I also couldn't say for certain whether I'd be away on that day - my swings vary :( Ideally - engine oil and filter change turbo oil filter change spark plugs change (and set gap if needed? I have those thingys to measure it). coolant flush and change someone to look at a few things for me that I have some worries about (clunky diff/trans, turbo has a grating sound after shutting engine off). However if there are any time restraints the main items I'd love to get my head around is changing the plugs and flushing the coolant and replacing with new coolant. In exchange for some help I don't mind bringing: Beer Food Some tools I'll bring a can of carby clean or two for anyones use. My mechanical background is limited - I've mainly worked on motorcycles both old and new and cars just seem like such a daunting challenge to me at times! I've done the boost solanoid maintenance, cleaned my own throttle body so far on my xr6t myself.

hah my insurance from many places is quoted from 3500-7000 (the latter being that crappy youi company). However that's for a 20yo male, with a licence loss listed for a BA XR6t (no mods). Its insured third party with theft as the excesses are so extreme on any quote I get there I would almost be able to buy myself another car if I wrote my car off.

Hey, Today I have managed to come across a new mid section for my BA xr6 turbo. It has been custom made out of an original exhaust only with the muffler removed and straight pipe welded in (so both ends will bolt straight on with six bolts in total). The car has no other modifications and I am reading so much and getting a little frustrated that I cant actually get a definite answer on whether to do this to my car or not. Some say the ECU learns that you've done something and the car will lose power, others say the cars are having lower dyno readouts, others saying it increases it by 5-10rwkw. I believe I have a really good piece here given that both ends of it are factory and the bends in it are also factory - something about you want some mandrel bend I read about and also about the factory bends in the exhaust being good. I would love some advice just in general but also any ideas on the installation on this part. Cheers, John.

Uh-Oh! this is how I found this rubber flange/thingy on the throttle body! It has a piece chipped off inside and has simply been taped together really well by somebody. I had to retape it as I could not find anywhere selling the part today! I will hopefully get this nipped in the bud tomorrow!

haha, well hopefully the warranty they over will cover any diff issue.

Hey thanks alot for your replies guys. I am happy to an extent to have paid more to go to a dealer - firstly being the ones for 2-3k cheaper that I looked at needed about that spent on it but secondly I have a warranty that should cover something. I doubt it'd be easy to flog bushes 2 days and 500km into owning a car! It is very quick - I cleaned the boost solanoid valve and plan on replacing this part (I doubt it was ever serviced for 130,000kms) I also plan on cleaning the throttle body. I nearly died when this forum was being updated last night I was reading through some guides haha, this forum is excellent because it seems to have awesome members here who are happy to help strangers. I'm over in perth btw, I also would love to know who can tune this car for me, after I iron out the clunk issue and a few other smaller problems. Is there anything else you guys would recommend to do to this car? In terms of things such as how I plan to clean the throttle body,etc. In the next month or so my plans are: New auto transmission fluid Turbo return lines (or whatever they are called?) a new boost solanoid valve K&N air filter some high quality spark plugs new 17" tyres (maybe rims too - standard xr6 rims on currently). maybe take spoiler off? (still thinking). sort out the issues with the bushes (and get car fully inspected so I can screw dealer and claim it all on warranty - I was advised to get an xr6t with warranty ) Incase you cannot see - I wish to get this car running close to mechanically A1 as possible before any tune , exhaust, intake, valve springs get changed

Hey just bought a 2004 BA MK2 XR6 turbo the other day, in reasonable condition, etc. Never owned or driven one (before I testdrove some) and I gotta say, I much prefer it over the Expensive Daewoo SS. Ill get to the point of my post hah, some clunks are happening in the drivetrain such as when changing gears sometimes it will give us a clunk but more noticeably when you decelerate sometimes you get this clunk from the back (and I suck at describing things) but basically I described it to a friend and he mentioned it would be the rear diff bushes that cause that. It was far smoother during the testdrive in which I gave it a bootful. With the gearbox, if I have got a clunk in that as well, what am I looking at in terms of a repair bill, or maybe more specifically what would need to be done? Engaging drive gear is alright but going into reverse gear you can go make yourself a f*cking cup of tea before it engages sometimes. The car runs alright, I was expecting it to be easier to smoke the back tyres from a standstill but maybe I just need to learn what I'm doing with that sorta thing first, already had it sideways nicely though so I'm happy and the performance is good, it defiantly gets to 100km/h around factory spec and pulls hard like no other car when I go up a big hill. Completely stock standard too, no evidence that it has been modified at all, however gasket cement sorta oozing out abit (dry of course) from the red top of the motor (cylinder head cover?) tells me it might be possible that at least the top end has been looked at/modified. Cheers, John.