"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 04/10/14 03:17 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 03:17 AM (edited) Thought I'd start a new thread with a bit of positivity for the much maligned heat exchanger.So if your still running the original tell us how many k's you've racked up or if it's been replaced with a standard one, how many k's since replacement.My wife's FGT has 155,000kms on it with the last 110,000kms known history.As far as I know it's the original but there is a chance it was changed in the first 45,000kms.The reason for this thread is to maybe put a few minds at rest......or not!!!And also see if there's some high mileage ones out there........or not!There's been plenty of "bad" written about them, so let's see if there's anything good that we might learn.Cheers!P.S. I'm still scared!!! Edited 04/10/14 03:18 AM by "Captain Retard" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiftyOne Bronze Donating Members 1,145 Member For: 11y 5m 13d Gender: Male Posted 04/10/14 04:05 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 04:05 AM Swapped mine last week. Don't know if it's just me but even the coolant temp seems marginally lower. Shifts seem smoother too. Just save up & get it off when you can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyP MattyP Cruise Control 6,317 Member For: 12y 7m 11d Gender: Male Location: Central Coast Posted 04/10/14 05:20 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 05:20 AM I've got my pwr one and have to have it fitted Btw I'm at 145000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/10/14 05:22 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 05:22 AM I'm at 112k I think it's original, also am picking up my PWR exchanger next week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrick Member 210 Member For: 14y 11m 29d Posted 04/10/14 05:22 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 05:22 AM 6 yr G6E T, 83,000 K`s original heat exchanger...soon to change though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilko16 Donating Members 1,672 Member For: 17y 24d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 04/10/14 05:27 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 05:27 AM Mine is an 11/08 model also Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 1m 18d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 04/10/14 05:50 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 05:50 AM This is like running the stock heat exchanger.. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 04/10/14 06:08 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 06:08 AM like a strawberry milkshake only crunchy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bomber Carnage on the Garage Floor Donating Members 3,994 Member For: 14y 7m 4d Gender: Male Location: Gold Coast Posted 04/10/14 06:26 AM Share Posted 04/10/14 06:26 AM Lets just get one thing straight kiddies before this thread goes south fast.Firstly, the vast majority of failures have nothing to do with maintenance intervals or klms. It's a manufacturing fault. What fault? The thing is sweated together (in sweat shops I presume). Because the Barra is known to have harmonics due to its 10 foot long crankshaft (give or take a foot or three) and long stroke, if the 'cells' are not sweated together perfectly the transmitted vibration from the engine causes an internal rupture and hey presto - strawberry milkshake. This is why some failures are seen in cars less than 12 months old. Yep, they're warranty jobs but it still sucks balls.If you've had it on for years it might - stress might, be ok. But, car is out of warranty then so Russian Roulette. Seriously guys, the PWR replacement was the best non hp mod I've done to my car. Having that hand grenade bolted to the side just did my head in. Get rid of it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
"Captain Retard" Member 1,417 Member For: 10y 7m 13d Gender: Male Location: Shellharbour NSW Posted 04/10/14 07:28 AM Author Share Posted 04/10/14 07:28 AM #1; I'm not trying to start a sh!t fight.#2; I've read a lot of the threads about its failings.....I get it.#3; I realise it's not entirely about service intervals.All I've read is bad stuff which is fair enough considering the amount of grief they've caused.I understand why there's so much hysteria !BUT there must be a lot of cars out there still running them with higher mileages than mine; taxis for example.And after the above reactions it's little wonder guys will come out and admit their still running the original.This thread wasn't supposed to be a debate (that's been done to death) ,it's just about finding originals and mileages on them.It might actually be easier to come out and say your GHEY than admit you run the original exchanger. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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