crawf Member 6 Member For: 13y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: golburne valley Posted 07/07/11 09:29 AM Share Posted 07/07/11 09:29 AM hey guys, this is my first post.im having a bit of trouble with my stock BA turbo ute and not sure what it is...at first it started running rough (that problem is solved). my main concern now is the reason it feels like it is running flat.when I get to about 3000rpm it feels like the turbo is being restricted, the stock boost guage is still saying that it is running boost. I have checked all the connections and they are all fine. also between gears im not getting any "chuuu" like I should be.today when I had another look for the problem I noticed some oil around the suction (air box side), could this be a sign that something is wrong with the turbo?any help would be great.cheers!here is a photo of the oil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henz Tampon inserted, Auto Acquired, next purchase a new handbag Donating Members 9,946 Member For: 16y 10m 6d Gender: Male Location: Vic Posted 07/07/11 09:37 AM Share Posted 07/07/11 09:37 AM That's a normal spot for a bit of oil to build up. What did you to recently to stop it running rough? Eg what parts have been replaced already? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crawf Member 6 Member For: 13y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: golburne valley Posted 08/07/11 04:51 AM Author Share Posted 08/07/11 04:51 AM I re-gapped the plugs to 1mm and cleaned the white build up around the bottom of the coil. that solved the running rough problem but I was still left with the flat retarding feel higher up in the revs.last night a put a k&n filter on and has seemd to get rid of most of it. it smoothed out the delivery of the boost... before that it felt like it was coming on in stages. I dont seem to be getting any blow off (or sneeze) from the wastegate like I was before... is that normal? or is there a problem? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wenier Donating Members 1,736 Member For: 15y 8d Gender: Male Location: Christchurch, New Zealand Posted 08/07/11 05:53 AM Share Posted 08/07/11 05:53 AM Well the sneeze etc is from the BOV not the wastegate. What was the gap on the plugs before you gapped them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crawf Member 6 Member For: 13y 6m 23d Gender: Male Location: golburne valley Posted 11/07/11 09:02 AM Author Share Posted 11/07/11 09:02 AM the gap was whatever the gap was out of the pack. like I said it was running normal until the other day.what should the gap be? I bought good ngk irridum plugs about 2500kms agoit comes good every now and then it will come back.ive been reading on other posts and they are saying it could be a blockage in the VCT solenoid or a sensor on the throttle/throttle body.could it be a problem with the fuel air mixture? say a dirty fuel filter? or could it be dirty/old oil? it is a little overdure for the 105,000km service.it goes into ford on wednesday and hopefully they can tell me the problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zerosignal Phantom Menace Donating Members 232 Member For: 14y 5m 16d Gender: Male Posted 11/07/11 09:07 AM Share Posted 11/07/11 09:07 AM Check your crossover to throttle body hose, its likely that underneath has a kink and that's where your boost is heading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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