azzah Member 26 Member For: 8y 8m 19d Posted 21/10/16 03:58 AM Share Posted 21/10/16 03:58 AM (edited) Firstly sorry for the long post Purchased a turbo side intake and battery relocation kit and tomorrow is my first free Saturday without the wife and kids to bug me in months so its the perfect time to install it but I'm a bit worried it will void the warranty and here is why and if anything has had similar problem to the below or know what the cause might be any ideas would be great. Ive had the car for a bit over 2 months and had some things fixed under warranty by Ford that were identified by NRMA pre purchase inspection. which were - leaking oil from the timing cover - leaking exhaust manifold while cold, once warm it was fine - oil marks on diff They fixed all those and while ford was looking at it they identified that the drive shaft coupling and diff bushes needed replacing so they were replaced under warranty but over the following days/weeks I started to notice that on some roads I would feel a vibration above 60km/h through the seat and floor its hard to describe exactly what it felt like but kinda like either there was something stuck in tyre or something was wobbling. I don't feel it through the steering wheel and can be felt in drive and while rolling in neutral. It has slowly gotten worse to the point where on certain roads it feels like I'm driving over a bed of pebbles so I went to a beaurepaires to get them to look at it - On the first visit they noted that the tyres were crappy cheap Chinese tyres put on by the dealership and could be the source of the vibration and that they also didn't bother getting the tyres balanced, and that the front left rim had been repaired (ex highway patrol car) I got the tyres balanced to see if it would improve it and it didnt - on the second visit I got them to swap out the repaired rim with the spare full size rim in the boot hoping that the repaired rim might be the cause, but the problem still persisted - the next day I booked in and got a full set of Michelin Pilot sport 3, $820 later I was hoping problem would be resolved, sadly it wasn't. I now have it booked back in with Ford to get it checked out in 3 weeks, but now not sure if I should hold off on installing the turbo side intake knowing it might be quite some time until I get another chance to install it Edited 21/10/16 04:00 AM by azzah Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,449 Member For: 17y 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/10/16 04:01 AM Share Posted 21/10/16 04:01 AM Just install it , imho. As long as it's in an airbox, I can't see why they'd care. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1617718 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab WOT? Moderating Team 10,981 Member For: 12y 2m 4d Gender: Male Location: Frankston, 3199 Posted 21/10/16 04:04 AM Share Posted 21/10/16 04:04 AM I think you may need a tune after installing turboside??? Personally, I'd be getting the car sorted before playing with it. One of the recommended shops on here should be able to find issues 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1617719 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,449 Member For: 17y 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 21/10/16 04:07 AM Share Posted 21/10/16 04:07 AM 2 minutes ago, Rab said: need a tune after installing turboside Nah, definitely don't, if all you're doing is freeing up the air intake. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1617721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzah Member 26 Member For: 8y 8m 19d Posted 21/10/16 04:08 AM Author Share Posted 21/10/16 04:08 AM 1 minute ago, Rab said: I think you may need a tune after installing turboside??? still on stock/factory tune so should be fine 2 minutes ago, Rab said: One of the recommended shops on here should be able to find issues already spent $800 of money I didn't really have to begin with, if I dont get anywhere with ford I will take it elsewhere Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1617723 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ale Member 249 Member For: 13y 8m 5d Posted 21/10/16 05:06 AM Share Posted 21/10/16 05:06 AM Id say they stuffed up the rear end bushes / re install of the cradle and what your feeling is either a driveshaft or tail shaft balance issue. Ford even fine balance the tail shaft on the car. Leave the car as stock as possible, if something else is broken, they could blame the extra killawasps from the intake as the cause. Some dealers will sue any excuse to get out of a warranty claim. 1 Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1617733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzah Member 26 Member For: 8y 8m 19d Posted 21/10/16 05:12 AM Author Share Posted 21/10/16 05:12 AM 5 minutes ago, Ale said: Id say they stuffed up the rear end bushes / re install of the cradle and what your feeling is either a driveshaft or tail shaft balance issue. Ford even fine balance the tail shaft on the car. hopefully that's all it is, its strange the smoother the road the more I seem to feel it Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1617734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzah Member 26 Member For: 8y 8m 19d Posted 21/10/16 05:17 AM Author Share Posted 21/10/16 05:17 AM 10 minutes ago, Ale said: Leave the car as stock as possible, if something else is broken, they could blame the extra killawasps from the intake as the cause. Some dealers will sue any excuse to get out of a warranty claim. Guess I could spend the day detailing it and buffing out the swirl marks from all the times the cops washed it with a broom Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1617736 Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzah Member 26 Member For: 8y 8m 19d Posted 11/11/16 02:29 AM Author Share Posted 11/11/16 02:29 AM thank god for warranty, car was booked in yesterday and today to get the tailshaft rebalanced, they ended up doing the following - both upper control arms have been replaced - all engine mounts replaced - tailshaft replaced Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1620865 Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 29,449 Member For: 17y 20d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 11/11/16 02:31 AM Share Posted 11/11/16 02:31 AM good result did you have the turbo side intake in place when they did all of that? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/92582-warranty-work-and-turbo-side-intake/#findComment-1620867 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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