mbjunior99 Member 4,359 Member For: 21y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 20/04/07 07:07 AM Share Posted 20/04/07 07:07 AM Sorry to hear that mate. Hope you get it back on the road soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apac77 Member 39 Member For: 18y 7m 15d Posted 20/04/07 07:17 AM Author Share Posted 20/04/07 07:17 AM I think the wheels are damaged, they said it's pretty bad in there, a lot of scraping noises hey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xlnt6 Donating Members 350 Member For: 19y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne, Victoria Posted 20/04/07 07:30 AM Share Posted 20/04/07 07:30 AM PM me. I have a spare one.CheersRobin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordak Member 1,226 Member For: 20y 3m 10d Posted 20/04/07 07:41 AM Share Posted 20/04/07 07:41 AM Sometimes this place really gives me the warm fuzzies.Fordxr6turbo.com at it's best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apac77 Member 39 Member For: 18y 7m 15d Posted 20/04/07 08:05 AM Author Share Posted 20/04/07 08:05 AM hey not sure if I pm'd you properly, but my email is stevenpelham@gmail.comthanks Robin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CHIPS Great rack Donating Members 1,351 Member For: 21y 5m 24d Gender: Male Location: Geelong Vic. Posted 20/04/07 10:30 AM Share Posted 20/04/07 10:30 AM Hey Steevo, what sort of noise did you start hearing..................my car has had a "grinding" kind of sound on switch-off since about 20,000k's has now done about 80,000 just out of warranty. I don't think my noise is getting worse though......god I hope not!! Mark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apac77 Member 39 Member For: 18y 7m 15d Posted 20/04/07 10:48 AM Author Share Posted 20/04/07 10:48 AM I guess the first noise I first noticed was after I turned off my car I'd hear a slight grinding sound as you said below. And then in the last week and a half that grinding sound got quite a bit louder, and then I even started hearing it when I turned on my car. The about a week ago my car stopped boosting up and I drove it home from where I was and drove it once more for like 10km at da most, and I guess the bearing must have got off centered and caused the wheel to become off centered and now it sounds like a high pitch grinding sound when I drive the car and when it boosts up.My advise is change your oil guys after 5k, not after 15000k. I changed mine at around 17k, but that was enough for the damage to be done.....and now I'm searching for a turbo...Stevo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_juggsalot Member 12 Member For: 17y 7m Posted 20/04/07 11:00 AM Share Posted 20/04/07 11:00 AM damn now im worried again. I too hear a slight grinding noise when I turn off my car. But I thought this was normal? I thought it was just the turbo spinning untill it stopped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninka Donating Members 1,850 Member For: 21y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 20/04/07 11:04 AM Share Posted 20/04/07 11:04 AM I guess the first noise I first noticed was after I turned off my car I'd hear a slight grinding sound as you said below. And then in the last week and a half that grinding sound got quite a bit louder, and then I even started hearing it when I turned on my car. The about a week ago my car stopped boosting up and I drove it home from where I was and drove it once more for like 10km at da most, and I guess the bearing must have got off centered and caused the wheel to become off centered and now it sounds like a high pitch grinding sound when I drive the car and when it boosts up.My advise is change your oil guys after 5k, not after 15000k. I changed mine at around 17k, but that was enough for the damage to be done.....and now I'm searching for a turbo...StevoI'm curious why you recommend 5k when you only changed your oil every 17k If you use good synthetic oil, 10 - 15k is safe for normal driving, but if it's hot or you thrash the car, then more frequent changes are required.If you heard something was on it's way out, why did you drive the car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sir_juggsalot Member 12 Member For: 17y 7m Posted 20/04/07 11:10 AM Share Posted 20/04/07 11:10 AM I'm curious why you recommend 5k when you only changed your oil every 17k If you use good synthetic oil, 10 - 15k is safe for normal driving, but if it's hot or you thrash the car, then more frequent changes are required.If you heard something was on it's way out, why did you drive the car? I just got a bit lazy cuz I always dropped oil out at 5k, but you know kids and stuff, work busy busy....Word of advice, don't neglect these cars at all and drop that oil every 5k....Im guessing he has learnt from his mistake.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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