mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 22y 30d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 02/03/07 10:04 AM Share Posted 02/03/07 10:04 AM Hey guys, I'm going to do this boost solenoid maintenance on my typhoon this weekend. Just wondering if I need to do anything different to the xr6 turbo seeing that the typhoon's come with the alarm?←Yeah, I have the factory alarm as well and you need to switch the ignition to ON, then remove the battery. When you put the battery back in, make sure the ignition is OFF.←Thanks mate, I'll do that tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasper361 Member 407 Member For: 20y 6d Location: Brissy Norf siide Posted 02/03/07 10:13 AM Share Posted 02/03/07 10:13 AM Like some other people, I found this maintenance on the solenoid only lasted short term(a day or so). Well today I decided to splash out and buy and new one from Ford for the huge cost $39.00, My BA1 has done around 100,000Km, and I must say I feel like I have a new car.Well worth the investement! The part No. from ford is BAT 9W487A as it took me 2 dealer to track it down due to their usual incompetence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 18y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 02/03/07 06:39 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 06:39 PM do you disagree blonk.any advice you can give me would me appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBO4LT Member 1,533 Member For: 21y 5m 4d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 02/03/07 09:05 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 09:05 PM The solenoid is not a sensor its just a solenoid, are you putting an after market boost controller on? I even fitted one to a standard BA MKII without edit and it runs on 6.5psi without any problems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 18y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 02/03/07 11:01 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 11:01 PM yes im going to use a gizzmo ebc so I can lower the boost as my clutch is not able to hold the power.the gizzmo has a simple 2 wire installation so I dont think I will stuff it up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RAP1D Member Donating Members 3,739 Member For: 18y 8m 2d Gender: Male Location: Sydney NSW Posted 02/03/07 11:20 PM Share Posted 02/03/07 11:20 PM Ah, they are supose to be fairly good, but yeah, the ecu only tells the solenoid what to do, it doesnt take info from it so just leave it unplugged.I use a mbc and all is fine, I can adjust from 6psi to whatever the turbo will want to go to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BFHOON Donating Members 1,932 Member For: 18y 9m 29d Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 03/03/07 08:28 AM Share Posted 03/03/07 08:28 AM I havnt had the time to fit the gizzmo today but I did fit an old bleed valve after lunch and did some testing.4.5 psi no bleed up to 9/10 psi with no spike. after that 2.5 turns out it goes to 15psi with a big spike.I have set the bleed valve to 9 psi and it gets up to 11psi in 4th with no clutch slip.im happy for now as now I can give it a bit without smoking clutch material.using half turns I can get 6 7 and 8 soild psi. then 9 sipkes a bit, not too bad for old school boost control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Locomick AK47's for everybody Donating Members 131 Member For: 18y 10m 13d Gender: Male Location: somewere Posted 09/03/07 02:18 AM Share Posted 09/03/07 02:18 AM just did the solenoid thingo but had to remove the battery to do it. I pulled of both hoses and flushed it right out. I also pulled the hoses right out and flushed them out aswell ( a lot of black came out of them to ).but now I got a new prob the car is oversteering and there is smoke coming from the back tyres, its not hapning all the time though, just from a standing start or exiting bends.wots wrong with it and is it covered under warranty?mick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 22y 30d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 09/03/07 02:19 AM Share Posted 09/03/07 02:19 AM That's not a problem is it?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian6T T.P.I.S. Donating Members 2,578 Member For: 20y 1m 19d Gender: Male Location: SoR, WA Posted 09/03/07 02:19 AM Share Posted 09/03/07 02:19 AM Dont you just love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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