seduced Need more power. Now taking donations. Member 753 Member For: 15y 10m 27d Gender: Male Posted 17/06/09 01:27 AM Share Posted 17/06/09 01:27 AM Id say take the earlier advice and get the thing onto a dyno where they can measure all players. At least you will know where to focus your fault finding. I'd say its still a sensor by all the things you have replaced. Make sure you let us know what it was when you fix it.Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLY6T Donating Members 585 Member For: 17y 5m 22d Gender: Male Location: vic , melb SE Posted 17/06/09 01:49 AM Share Posted 17/06/09 01:49 AM (edited) man I had a rough idle problem to ,the car would idle like a top fueler and rock from side to side. took it to ford and they couldnt find the problem then tryed my self to fix it with changing plugs , coils and stuff , it didnt help . ended up biting the bullet and taking it to nizpro and they spent a day changing every thing from cam , crank sensors to a new computer to o2 sensor you name they changed it and still could not fix the problem . I ended up getting them to tune the car and play with the idle and get it to not shake around , its not fixed but its 70% better. I was waiting for my warrenty to run out befor mods but stuff it ford could even help me so now im going nuts on mods lol Edited 17/06/09 01:51 AM by 6L_ETA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seduced Need more power. Now taking donations. Member 753 Member For: 15y 10m 27d Gender: Male Posted 19/06/09 04:51 AM Share Posted 19/06/09 04:51 AM Sounds more like wiring causing it than the actual parts. Would be fun to diagnose.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shermanator Member 21 Member For: 15y 7m 26d Posted 20/06/09 07:24 AM Author Share Posted 20/06/09 07:24 AM Three and a half weeks at the mechanic and find out what was wrong with it.IT WAS A F**KING Turbo Failure!! So their you have it. Ford sell turbos for $5000.00 and the blastered car wasnt even moded. It was a stock standard peace of sh*t too. Not Happy one bit. . Thanks guys for all the suggestions you gave. I really appreciate it. Wish it could have been on a mor happier note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbo k Member 414 Member For: 16y 9m 16d Location: Wollongong Posted 21/06/09 02:10 AM Share Posted 21/06/09 02:10 AM 1 tip dont buy a turbo from ford lol. ripppppp off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shermanator Member 21 Member For: 15y 7m 26d Posted 21/06/09 03:51 AM Author Share Posted 21/06/09 03:51 AM I spoke to the mechanic and he said that he aint going ti buy jak sh*t from ford. Apprently he will look into options etc to either recondition the one I already have, or buying aftermarket. Whatever the case at least we found out what it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rb3007 Member 11 Member For: 15y 7m 30d Posted 21/06/09 08:19 AM Share Posted 21/06/09 08:19 AM Hey I had the exact same problem with my xr. I replaced coils, filters, oil, tps sensor, piping,clamps etc........ IT WAS A FAULTY TRACTION CONTROL SWITCH. NOW WHEN I TURN IT OF IT FLOGS. WHEN IT IS ON APPRENTLY WHEN IT SENSES THAT IT HAS BROKEN TRACTION IT TURNS OF A FEW COILS OR SOMETHING WHICH MAKES IT FEEL LIKE ITS MISSING. so happy now!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seduced Need more power. Now taking donations. Member 753 Member For: 15y 10m 27d Gender: Male Posted 22/06/09 01:07 AM Share Posted 22/06/09 01:07 AM Without knowing the full story....HOW THE HELL DID HE MISS A BUGGERED TURBO?Had you taken it to a tuner, would have spotted in a matter of moments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yw84u Member 148 Member For: 19y 11d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 22/06/09 05:13 AM Share Posted 22/06/09 05:13 AM hey mate, my car has similar problems just want to rule this out, did you turbo spin freely if you turned it by hand or did it have any shaft play in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dule Donating Members 1,180 Member For: 17y 9m 7d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 22/06/09 05:13 AM Share Posted 22/06/09 05:13 AM Turbo???? You said it comes onto boost and than looses power and starts idling like sh*t? How the hell does that point to a turbo?I would get someone else to check it out before spending a grand or two on another turbo.And as already said, It took him 3 weeks to figure out it's a turbo???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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