Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 10m 4d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 08/04/10 07:06 AM Share Posted 08/04/10 07:06 AM Not as much difference as a tune Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-998656 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rudiger All round good guy! Lifetime Members 1,122 Member For: 17y 1m 14d Gender: Male Location: Greenvale, Victoria Posted 27/04/10 11:08 PM Share Posted 27/04/10 11:08 PM One of the best write ups I have found.I did mine on the weekend. Bit of a buger due to Mizpros CAI and battery relocation but got there. A different car to drive now. Mine has 65k on the odo an I've never cleaned it before.Good stuff. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1003748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbomber Member 7 Member For: 15y 4m 22d Gender: Male Location: Tasmania Posted 11/05/10 03:20 AM Share Posted 11/05/10 03:20 AM Hi guysWoohoo my first post Just picked up a stock 04 BA XR6T yesterday and did the WD40 trick - made a bit of a difference - not huge but definitely worth the 5 mins for the job. Seems alot more responsive! Thanks ZAP Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1006678 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tisco Member 29 Member For: 15y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: Penrith, N.S.W Posted 24/05/10 09:25 AM Share Posted 24/05/10 09:25 AM Whats the go with the dial on the solinoid? just cleaned mine and seems to be going pretty good its running 15pound which scares me a little Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1010266 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTMXR6 It's not a MKI! Member 1,742 Member For: 17y 4d Gender: Male Location: Earth Posted 24/05/10 11:04 AM Share Posted 24/05/10 11:04 AM Dial? There's no dial on the solenoid. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1010318 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Tisco Member 29 Member For: 15y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: Penrith, N.S.W Posted 24/05/10 11:19 PM Share Posted 24/05/10 11:19 PM hmmm there is on mine, its on the bottom it doesn't look like an after market unit though. I'll see if I can get a pic up tonight. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1010434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPOOLAX Skids? Donating Members 975 Member For: 16y 1m 16d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 13/06/10 02:47 AM Share Posted 13/06/10 02:47 AM Just done mine for the 1st time, boost come on much harder now Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1015537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTMXR6 It's not a MKI! Member 1,742 Member For: 17y 4d Gender: Male Location: Earth Posted 13/06/10 04:20 AM Share Posted 13/06/10 04:20 AM On 24/05/2010 at 11:19 PM, Scott Tisco said: hmmm there is on mine, its on the bottom it doesn't look like an after market unit though. I'll see if I can get a pic up tonight.Got that pic yet champ? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1015555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rancidpunx Brisbanes Resident Detailer Donating Members 950 Member For: 16y 5m 3d Gender: Male Location: In my Cabin Outside Brisbane. Posted 13/06/10 06:39 AM Share Posted 13/06/10 06:39 AM (edited) Just a quick question, what are the the mechanics behind doing this. I do it as part of a service and will fully remove the hoses and give them a clean, but today thought "what am I achieving by this?"From this thread it seems something gets sticky or oily and after some WD40 the car goes faster, but why. What is happening to which components? I know it works would just to know why though. thanksAlso theres a fella in another thread raving against doing this (cant find it right now), whats with that? Edited 13/06/10 06:41 AM by Rancidpunx Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1015572 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHANTMXR6 It's not a MKI! Member 1,742 Member For: 17y 4d Gender: Male Location: Earth Posted 13/06/10 08:06 AM Share Posted 13/06/10 08:06 AM The best analogy I can come up with is, imagine a piece of chewing gum between your thumb and index finger. Press your finger and thumb together and apart a few times and it has a certain resistance. As the gum gets colder the resistence increases.Now imagine the gum is your boost solenoid. As it get's older the internal components get stickier with blowby oil and create more resistence. A squirt of WD40 or crc is lubricating those sticky components thus reducing the resistence.Make sense? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/31329-boost-solenoid-maintenance/page/36/#findComment-1015587 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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