Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 27/03/18 02:51 AM Share Posted 27/03/18 02:51 AM Haha maybe not this thread but there are definitely some that make me wonder. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joffa1 Member 143 Member For: 7y 5m 29d Posted 28/03/18 09:47 AM Author Share Posted 28/03/18 09:47 AM Lol, I tightened every fastener I could get to fellas. I’m just a humble Chippy, mechanical not really my thing though always willing to have a crack! Looking at invoice they had to remove turbo oil and coolant lines to get the job done so can’t have been that easy to get to. People laughed at me for suggesting I remove the turbo but they just about had to to get the job done. Just nice to have her making all the right noises again and boosting properly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kink Member 294 Member For: 16y 5m 6d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 28/03/18 09:51 AM Share Posted 28/03/18 09:51 AM Nah good on ya mate, at least you had a crack and came to the forum asking questions etc. See some of the stuff that pop's up on certain Falcon Facebook groups and I just think to myself.. if only they went on the forums haha. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joffa1 Member 143 Member For: 7y 5m 29d Posted 28/03/18 09:56 AM Author Share Posted 28/03/18 09:56 AM All good. In hindsight this bloke was 100% spot on... “Try the bolts that hold the exhaust housing onto the turbo (next to the oil feed pipe) there's 4 or 5 of them & Ive seen on a couple of cars that one has actually fallen out” Id actually lost two completely so will have to torque all these down regularly I guess... along with all the others. On that note does anyone on here do away with the heat shield altogether to make servicing easier or are they actually really effective/necessary? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Trust me bro... Gold Donating Members 16,045 Member For: 9y 11m 12d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 28/03/18 09:56 AM Share Posted 28/03/18 09:56 AM It's all good mate, you had a go and you got some good info along the way. We can only guess what's wrong and try to help, based upon your posts. Glad you got it all sorted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/03/18 10:40 AM Share Posted 28/03/18 10:40 AM Those bolts come loose because the turbine housing has cracked at the bolt holes. If cracked they will come loose again. Seen it many times Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,036 Member For: 9y 8m 19d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 28/03/18 12:08 PM Share Posted 28/03/18 12:08 PM Hard to tighten bolts that aren't there! And hard to know what is missing if you haven't dig around in there before.Based on my experience and the previous owner, my bolts are coming loose every 50,000 or so. I had a braided oil line, but having the braided water line now makes getting the front heat shield off MUCH easier.Lol re FB groups - there are some rippers in there. "I'm not sure which button locks my car and which one unlocks it, but can someone explain how to do an engine swap? I need it to get to work in 2 hours. Alternatively will swap car for a 6 pack and 2 kittens."Well, pretty much that but with much worse grammar... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 17y 2m 15d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 28/03/18 12:23 PM Share Posted 28/03/18 12:23 PM I like kittens.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,130 Member For: 19y 5m 5d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/03/18 01:13 PM Share Posted 28/03/18 01:13 PM Well done mate on getting it sorted out ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joffa1 Member 143 Member For: 7y 5m 29d Posted 29/03/18 12:41 AM Author Share Posted 29/03/18 12:41 AM At least I learnt a little in the process so all good. So cracked turbine housing you reckon? Is this not something Casey Automotive would have spotted when investigating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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