New Turbo Installed..

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Luckily for Ben he listens and has saved himself some $$$$$$$ 

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Just waiting for the "Yes father, you were right, I'm glad I listened"

[Ninka]

Whats involved in checking this ourselves, is it a big job / not for the faint hearted or one well worth undertaking?

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Just unbolt the oil feed line on top of the turbo and place it ina small cannister, crank the engine and check that a good flow of oil comes out the pipe.

If you don't want the engine to start and run for too long, disconnect the fuel relay in the engine bay fuse box before switching on the ignition.

The fitting which screws into the block where the filter is located, is very weak due to insufficient material thickness between the bottom of the circlip groove inside the fitting, and the thread cut on the outside, so if you start playing around with this, be prepared to fork out $65 for a new fitting when you break it

Copper washers MUST be renewed on both the turbo and filter fitting, and preferably with some liquid sealer between the mating surfaces, as it cannot be tightened too much before breaking.

Hope this helps

[jordak]

Thanks Al

Well the first part sounds easy enough, which is all I need to do if the flow is good, right?

[Adrian6T]

Thanks for that Al.

What sort of flow should we expect?

[Ninka]

Thanks for that Al.

What sort of flow should we expect?

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Sorry I can't quantify this, but look at what is reasonable from a 1/4" line

I have seen the filter, and oil should flow quite freely from the line.

[Ninka]

Thanks Al

Well the first part sounds easy enough, which is all I need to do if the flow is good, right?

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Right

[XtRmn8]

Is there any way of putting some sort of little external inline filter that can be changed every 10000-20000km when the regular engine oil filter is changed?

I bet everyone who reads this will be doing the same this weekend

[Ninka]

Is there any way of putting some sort of little external inline filter that can be changed every 10000-20000km when the regular engine oil filter is changed?

I bet everyone who reads this will be doing the same this weekend

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Well you could modify the line feeding the turbo to include another type of filter, but you will then obviously have to remove the current inline filter, as it would sit before the new filter, and could still get blocked, rendering the new filter useless

I am still suprised that the filter got blocked, as the oil after all passes through the oil filter as well, and should be pretty clean, just make sure you change oil and filter regularly, and use a good quality oil.

[F6 UTE]

It's not hard to get to, as Ninka said, just unbolt the oil line and crank it over to find out if oil is flowing. But how much flow is corresct?? Well, it takes me 5 mins to unclip the oil sender unit and unbolt the fitting. You need a 15/16 tube socket, so keep that in mind before tackling it. Take the dipstick tube out, ( Just take the bolt out near the handle, then pull it ) and it allows the banjo fitting to slide off.

As far as filtered oil goes, yes, all the oil goes thru the filter, but you never know what bits of crap are floating around in the sump. I've pulled off sumps before and been amazed at the goop in there. As Greg said to me, bits of gasket, paint, flaking metal etc.. Small shaving of metal are always in the sump, if there weren't, then no engine would ever show signs of wear would it??

Small bit of insurance to check it, after all, why did ford put a screen on it.

[F6 UTE]

Turbo saw some boost yesterday..

Not put my foot WOT yet, as I'm unsure of afr's and a little rattle because of the extra air now getting in. Boosts nicely, but not as 'snappy' as before, more progressive in it's delivery... This confirms what xlnt6 was saying (not that I doubted him ) but I can't feel any extra lag, even at part throttle..

Target boost should still be made ~3100rpm. (~16/17psi ) at a guess.