bluesmuso Member 144 Member For: 17y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 12/02/09 08:59 AM Author Share Posted 12/02/09 08:59 AM (edited) UPDATE: You'll never guess what it was! The wires to the exhaust cam sensor had fried together (insulation melted and on the most part missing). This had apparently sent the car into "limp mode" because it had no variable timing at all, strangely enough no check engine warning lights ever came on in the cluster.The guy at the exhaust place Tuesday said that the car sounds "funny" and could be a timing issue.Neville from Speciality tuning replaced the wire behind the engine leading to the cam sensor with more heat resistant wire (he said the cam sensor is OK) after this he got no error codes and the engine was back working how it should.He put it on the dyno and got 186 rwkw's out of it @ approx 5 psi boost which sounds about right for stock or maybe a bit less than most but at least the car is working now. He said that before it would not have made as much power as a non turbo BA, I'd believe it to. I drove it home and hell what a difference it really goes and is far more responsive and cruises with less throttle application, my average Litres per 100 is slowly dropping it now says 19L/100 down from 22L/100, hopefully it will settle over the next few days to a more reasonable figure which will depend on my right foot.......even stock boost is addictive. He checked the Turbo, waste gate valve, boost solenoid etc, and all was OK, but I will still have to check that oil pickup screen sometime and either clean or remove it.I wonder if this cam sensor wires melting is a comon problem? I don't know who "Ryan" is on the Dyno print out but it's my car, may have been a previous customer's name. Edited 12/02/09 09:03 AM by bluesmuso Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-821748 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dirty32 Legendary member!! Donating Members 1,739 Member For: 18y 3m 16d Gender: Male Location: Dianella, West Oz Posted 12/02/09 01:09 PM Share Posted 12/02/09 01:09 PM Well, that puts an end to that saga...I havent heard or read of anyone having that problem before though so I cant say its a common problem like boost leaks or coilpacks etc!I suppose its decent to know or find out though. Some may have to refer back to this in future.Good stuff, glad its put a smile back on ya face! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-821963 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 5m 14d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 13/02/09 03:33 AM Share Posted 13/02/09 03:33 AM I was following this thread as mine has felt down on power too after a service. Finally trusted myself, checked and found this! How the fark did they manage to do this during the service...Thanks for the info on yours though bluesmuso, if it happens again I'll be back here quick! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822196 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesmuso Member 144 Member For: 17y 8m 17d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 13/02/09 03:57 AM Author Share Posted 13/02/09 03:57 AM Phyber, who the #@%# serviced that? Pretty hard to miss that! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 5m 14d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 13/02/09 04:15 AM Share Posted 13/02/09 04:15 AM I'm in Perth, Freo area, so if you know the spot take a guess who my closest dealer is... I won't outright name them unless they are a pain to get it fixed up quickly with.:(I hope this fixes my power loss! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822228 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KryZak Member 91 Member For: 18y 1m 5d Gender: Male Location: Perth, WA Posted 13/02/09 09:06 AM Share Posted 13/02/09 09:06 AM lol, my breather hose did that too recently. Took it into the dealer I bought it from complaining it felt down on power. No Fault or Error Codes found. I took it home and decided to check everything myself and found that before I had even fully opened the bonnet.Useless... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racerx Member 111 Member For: 16y 7m 6d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 14/02/09 02:15 AM Share Posted 14/02/09 02:15 AM Great to see you had a win bluesmuso, gotta love these things when they're right. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822870 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebxmple Member 1,322 Member For: 17y 3m 8d Posted 14/02/09 02:43 AM Share Posted 14/02/09 02:43 AM I dont think that hose will cause any power loss as its on the intake side not the boost side of the crossover. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822889 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ravenhard Donating Members 1,517 Member For: 17y 2m 5d Gender: Male Location: Blacktown! Posted 14/02/09 03:57 AM Share Posted 14/02/09 03:57 AM no but it sucks unfiltered air stright into the turbo Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822953 Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 17y 5m 14d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 14/02/09 04:38 AM Share Posted 14/02/09 04:38 AM (edited) Yeah I don't really see how it could drop power aside from air temp maybe, but the service manager said "oh definitely". Of course after reading enough threads on this forum I don't take their word for gospel...but my bum-o-meter is registering higher again.Maybe it's all in my mind!! Either way :D Edited 14/02/09 04:39 AM by Phyber Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/54208-car-lacks-power-feels-restricted-not-boosting-ba-xr6t/page/5/#findComment-822969 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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