Treay Member 29 Member For: 16y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Stockton, NSW Posted 27/06/13 12:01 PM Share Posted 27/06/13 12:01 PM (edited) So I bought 2 bottles of my fav royal purple oil last week so my wife could get the G6ET serviced while she was away traveling this week. She got it serviced in Dubbo NSW and low and behold, the turbo is grinding on shut down.So my wife is stuck in dubbo. I managed to borrow a car for the rest of her trip but if I don't find a solution she is stuck in dubbo til it's fixed.The car is still stock at this point, so I'm thinking of driving my f truck across from work on Saturday and towing her home so she can at least be stuck at home while the car is being repaired. Here's the problem:Buy a new stock standard turbo ($2300+) and have fitted (more $$$) orGet my turbo rebuilt with a BF comp wheel and housing then get it tuned upon return?...My exhaust is stock so not sure it will be all that effective with the upgraded turbo or if I need to replace the exhaust whilst I organize the tune as well, car has 100,000kms on it and to this point is in fantastic condition.Opinions will be most appreciated as I'm sure your all much more experienced than I am in this matter.Cheers. Edited 27/06/13 12:04 PM by Treay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I JET Member 325 Member For: 12y 1m Gender: Male Location: Wollongong Posted 27/06/13 12:18 PM Share Posted 27/06/13 12:18 PM my turbo gave up the ghost a few weeks ago, BF mk2 F6, 73,000kms. It was grinding on shut down and howling on warm up so I replaced the oil feed line which was blocked, lack of maintenance from previous owner, it lasted another 9 weeks of hard driving before the bearings seized and it stopped boosting. Complete new cartridge from Mr Turbo in Queensland was $895. Payed for it on Thursday afternoon, arrived at my work Friday lunch time, pull the turbo off Friday afternoon, changed the housings over and put it back on the car Saturday morning. Would have liked to of upgraded, but wasn't ready for the outlay of a tune so I stayed standard, still good for 400. I did manage to change the rear housing to a ported one with larger flapper while it was off.I don't know enough about the smaller fg turbo sorry....maybe someone could chime in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsfgxr6turbo Member 388 Member For: 15y 2d Posted 27/06/13 01:59 PM Share Posted 27/06/13 01:59 PM That really sucks mate hope you get it fixed soon just out of curiosity how many kays have been doing between oil changes? I have an fg too and I haven't cleaned the oil screen in filter line have you ever cleaned your one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kroozin Menace Donating Members 1,990 Member For: 13y 9m 17d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 27/06/13 05:45 PM Share Posted 27/06/13 05:45 PM So I bought 2 bottles of my fav royal purple oil last week so my wife could get the G6ET serviced while she was away traveling this week. She got it serviced in Dubbo NSW and low and behold, the turbo is grinding on shut down.So my wife is stuck in dubbo. I managed to borrow a car for the rest of her trip but if I don't find a solution she is stuck in dubbo til it's fixed.The car is still stock at this point, so I'm thinking of driving my f truck across from work on Saturday and towing her home so she can at least be stuck at home while the car is being repaired. Here's the problem:Buy a new stock standard turbo ($2300+) and have fitted (more $$$) orGet my turbo rebuilt with a BF comp wheel and housing then get it tuned upon return?...My exhaust is stock so not sure it will be all that effective with the upgraded turbo or if I need to replace the exhaust whilst I organize the tune as well, car has 100,000kms on it and to this point is in fantastic condition.Opinions will be most appreciated as I'm sure your all much more experienced than I am in this matter.Cheers.Bf turbo f6 cooler... might be on to a winner..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treay Member 29 Member For: 16y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Stockton, NSW Posted 27/06/13 07:36 PM Author Share Posted 27/06/13 07:36 PM Thanks for your thoughts guys. Car averages 7500km between services but due to travel was over due this time round and has done a little over 9,000 Kim's. It's $1,650 to have my turbo rebuilt with BF core and comp housing. So I guess I should factor in another $700ish for a tune and best get a tuner.What are the chances that some of these genuine used turbo's from eBay would still last another 20,000 Kim's?... There is some on there for only $700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatz_f6_typhoon Member 395 Member For: 12y 1m 7d Gender: Male Location: 2145 nsw Posted 27/06/13 11:40 PM Share Posted 27/06/13 11:40 PM (edited) $1650 for rebuildAround $900 mark for a tune $750 for x3 May aswell do the rest aswell save doing it later on down the track???Give joe from cms a ring and I'm sure he will give u options witch may point you in the right direction Edited 27/06/13 11:42 PM by fatz_f6_typhoon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsfgxr6turbo Member 388 Member For: 15y 2d Posted 27/06/13 11:41 PM Share Posted 27/06/13 11:41 PM Theres a rebuilt core that looks pretty good and cheap http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/TURBOCHARGER-CORE-FORD-FALCON-TURBO-BA-BF-XR6-TERRITORY-/261233966718?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item3cd2c1fe7eit comes with an upgraded filter line too did you ever clean your turbo oil filter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsd112 Donating Members 604 Member For: 14y 5m 3d Gender: Male Location: Penrith Posted 28/06/13 12:01 AM Share Posted 28/06/13 12:01 AM I got autotech to replace my turbo filter at 50,000km and 21/2 years and the old one was spotless and the previous owner had done 15,000km services and I got it at 47,000kms but it gets serviced every 7,500kms now. and I will replace it again at 100,000kms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treay Member 29 Member For: 16y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Stockton, NSW Posted 28/06/13 02:29 AM Author Share Posted 28/06/13 02:29 AM I've never personally cleaned my turbo oil filter, I'm not actually ever home so my wife just drives it and drops it off to be serviced after picking up my oil. maybe that was the root cause hey?....I'll probably look at just upgrading and get it over and done with!.thanks heaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treay Member 29 Member For: 16y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Stockton, NSW Posted 28/06/13 02:31 AM Author Share Posted 28/06/13 02:31 AM does anyone have a number for Joe at CMS?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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