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plasmid2

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G'day all,

I am new to the site, new to turbo's and infact completely new to Ford's after being a Expensive Daewoo man for so long.

I have purchased an 03 BA XR6T two weeks ago. It has 76000km's and is completely stock.

Curiosity got better of me and I decided to tinker around.

I took off the hosing that goes from the top of the engine straight into the turbo. I firstly wiped away some oil (I presume oil) then with my finger spun the fan/blades in the turbo. I noticed a part of one of the fan/blades was a slightly different colour to the rest. At first I thought it was just dirty. I have been trying to insert a picture to show but haven't had any luck uploading.

The fan/blades spin freely, the car drives really well and the turbo seems to make all the right whistle/sounds/noises!!

Can anyone shed some light?

Not sure if I should be worried yet!!

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G'Day mate and :welcome2:

It could just be some discolouration from oil, does the blade feel different from the rest? If not I'd say you have nothing to worry about.

There are alot of little things you can do on these cars to keep them at their best, have a bit of a search around through the technical sections of the forum and you will find them - or do a search for Boost Solenoid Maintenance and that should get you started

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Mate is the car feels good and there if its not using oil then dont worry about it.

If it is really bugging you try a bit of carby cleaner on a rag and see if you can wipe what ever it it off the blade

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Thanks guys.

I just did a google images search for garret turbo.

All the images I could find show what I described. I think it might be normal. If any one is interested check out the link below.

Thanks for all the info.

I have so much to learn and read.

http://www.hdindustries.com.au/shop/images/turbo1.JPG

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mine has a white mark on one blade like a ,balancing mark or something

:buttonit: same with mine

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