UWNTM3 Member 78 Member For: 13y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Bathurst NSW Posted 04/08/12 07:09 AM Share Posted 04/08/12 07:09 AM (edited) Never realy post on here just read mostly but thort I may aswell post my new money pit on the forum! Recently sold my ba xr6 ute and purchased an 09 fg xr6t sedan and wow what an upgrade , great car although am currently havin a few issues with some strange noises coming from front of engine faily sure its the idler pulley or belt tensioner though, also a weird clunk when hitting bumps coming from the right rear. Also it seems as if the turbo winding/spooling wisle has gotten alot louder over the last few weeks I hope this isnt a bad sign? Any ideas ?It is possible me just being paranoid because of a new car though hahaOther then that its greatHas premium sound, lesther, reverse camera, headrest monitors all factory etc etc6speed zf and 85xxxx kms Edited 04/08/12 07:23 AM by UWNTM3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UWNTM3 Member 78 Member For: 13y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Bathurst NSW Posted 04/08/12 07:25 AM Author Share Posted 04/08/12 07:25 AM my old ute:The new fg: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Eyes flame magnet Gold Donating Members 5,674 Member For: 16y 8m 16d Gender: Male Location: adelaide hills- 'race air' central Posted 04/08/12 07:30 AM Share Posted 04/08/12 07:30 AM best colour mate...yeah the fg's are a totally different car to the ba/f's. I personally like the look of the ba/f's more than fg's for looking mean/ business, but theres no denying the quality of the newer model..the wheels realy suited the ute though.. nice black stockies on the fg too.welcome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 3m 13d Posted 04/08/12 07:46 AM Share Posted 04/08/12 07:46 AM Hey mate recently did the same upgrade but too an 08 FG with 78,000kms and I have a bad clunk in the rear end aswell - there's a thread on what I've done to fix it so far under the suspension forumFord told me it was my control blade bushes and upper shock bushes so replaced both of them - fixed it by about 20-30% but still there. Then pedders did one of their 28 point checks and said nothing was wrong, must be a loose bolt so went under the car and tightened a heap of bolts that were starting to come loose - again probably a 20-30% improvement but still there. A lot of people have told me diff bushes but according to both Ford and Pedders they're still fine and shouldn't be making that sound. Next step for me is new springs and shocks all round (won't have time until September unfortunately) if that's not a fix then diff bushes are my next option.I realise this doesn't offer much of a fix for you but before you go spending too much money on everything I suppose you could use me as your test dummy until mines fixed lol. But easy thing is to jack it up and tighten all the bolts you can get a ratchet too, you'd be surprised how loose some are! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UWNTM3 Member 78 Member For: 13y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Bathurst NSW Posted 04/08/12 08:41 AM Author Share Posted 04/08/12 08:41 AM Thanks bellato I will jack her up an go for it, I realy like the silver and once I get the widows tinted and lowered it on ssl and possible sssl rears , an last but not least ill proby change to the g6e rear boot lip, I think it looks clean , though I dont mind the xr either that's all ill do to the appearance I thinkThen come the engine mods I get alot of weird looks driving the car as im inly 20 haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retro-xr6t Donating Members 95 Member For: 15y 19d Gender: Male Posted 05/08/12 02:43 AM Share Posted 05/08/12 02:43 AM Nice work mate love the FG's, such an awesome base to start with.As bellato said check all your bolts, to see if that helps. You could try replicating the noise while you're looking under the car, have a mate jiggle the car while its stationary, might give you an idea where to look if it makes the noise again. Just be careful you dont squash your face :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 3m 13d Posted 05/08/12 05:42 AM Share Posted 05/08/12 05:42 AM (edited) Maybe PM 'Ralph Wiggum' because he was saying they should be torqued, I just went as tight as I could. Not sure what the torque should be and if you have a torque wrench to do the job lol. There isn't any harm in going tight tight though.Yea I wanna do G6E bootlip too but I got other things I reckon are more worthwhile to do first lol. I know what you mean with the age, Im 20 aswell, trying being a uni student you get even more looks lol Edited 05/08/12 05:44 AM by Bellato Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UWNTM3 Member 78 Member For: 13y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Bathurst NSW Posted 05/08/12 10:08 AM Author Share Posted 05/08/12 10:08 AM Ill just got rensonable tight I think, its better then loose on most things anyway hahaYeah , how the hell do u afford an fg being a uni student? Hard enough for me working 40+ hours a week!Ill be leaving the engine stock just for a while ad it does go pretty damn hard! Ill get her looking how I want her firstWhere you from bellato? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellato Donating Members 2,713 Member For: 14y 3m 13d Posted 06/08/12 02:21 AM Share Posted 06/08/12 02:21 AM A lot of work hey haha. I worked since I was 14 and bought my xr6 for $13k at 18 then sold it for $10k (also sold my motorbike for $3k) and bought the FG for $20k (I work a fair bit while at uni and im on youth allowance so that helps pay the bills lol)As for the torque under the 'fg rear clunk' thread shyfrd posted up the torque for each bolt from the manual so maybe check that out if need be.Yea they definately go hard from the start, Im lowering next then some nice 20x10's so I can actually grip before getting more power lol.I live in Griffith NSW 5 months a year and Canberra the rest lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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