Ba Mkii Xr6 Turbo - Down On Power

[ratter]

Ratter is a very helpful bloke on this forum (when he doesn't give a "your wrong answer" lol) and is willing to hand out a lot of useful information when asked.

He asked a very direct question, I answered directly,

I do not have time sometimes to go into details about problems, he then asked why and I gave another answer

[ratter]

If you don't mind spending money in the car I would suggest you a buy a OBD 2 port scanner. I can supply the same model I use for around $90 including freight. Or go to your local repco dealer and grab a good one for around $140 bucks. It will read 98% of what the computer in the car reads. If you have an Xcal you can also use that to read sensor outputs in real time. I think there worth it considering a mechanics labour rate.

most cheap scan tools/code readers will only read generic OBD2 codes and not manufacturer codes, I have seen many cars that the owners say there are no codes and yet when we plug our scan tool into the car there are codes

[JETURBO]

Hey rapid if u need help iam more than happy to wack the car on our dyno and get to the bottom of the issues u may have because it seems some "tuners" just dont have the time for the job's that dont generate profit or large profit

Were based north of gawler so we may be close to u, send me a pm if u want some help

[_Velocity_]

Yeah take it to Jet or depending how far you are try Bruce Heinrich.

[rapid6turbo]

PM'd you Jet

[ratter]

not quite true Jet, we are forever trouble shooting cars that we have not seen previously

most workshops will do any work that customers are prepared to pay for, at present we have a BF XR6T that we have never seen before, it was brought into us as he can not get to the bottom of his issues since the bottom end was replaced after a blow up, so far we have found that the cylinder head temp switch which normally fits in the rear of the cylinder head has been broken off so a new one was fitted into an exhaust manifold stud so it is getting full exhaust heat into it, the turbo actuator hoses are on incorrectly, the turbo housing is wrong and the boost hose has cracked from the exhaust manifold heat, the front housing does not have a reference nipple so boost for the actuator is being taken from the inlet manifold, there is mechanical noises from the cylinder head and possibly a valve timing issue, wiring looms have broken plugs, incorrect boost pipe joiner on the throttle body and the blow off valve is fitted the wrong way around.

[JETURBO]

This was noooo way directed at u mick

[ratter]

no worries mate, it just came across as a general comment

[JETURBO]

There needs to be a stack more workshops like pit lane performance because you get it right everytime

I wish other workshops would take a leaf out of your book mick

[Never had any say Panda]

I think Mick hit the nail on the head though..

A mechanic will and should troubleshoot as much as a customer is willing to pay for.. Recently one of the blokes at work had his SS in the shop with coil code and ABS fault..

Took the mechanic over 2 weeks to get to the bottom of the problem after Expensive Daewoo replaced some sensors and said it should be fixed. Luckily for this bloke he didn't charge for every spare hour he spent trying different things to make sure he fixed the actual problem..

Mechanics still need to make a living and it might take them 4 hours to locate a faulty sensor or something.. Sensor might cost $150 to replace but is the person gonna be really keen on paying $480 in labour costs just to diagnose the fault? It's a difficult situation.