Benny_C Donating Members 40 Member For: 12y 2m 17d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 27/05/13 06:36 AM Share Posted 27/05/13 06:36 AM Hey guys,Yesterday I noticed an exhaust leak kinda noise and a drop in power, turns out a bolt was missing from the rear housing on the turbo. If you look at it from the front of the car it is on the top left front face of the rear housing and is where the actuator bracket bolts on by the looks of things. Got 2 questions, is this a common thing to have happen? I had a bigger actuator put on about 6 months ago so just wondering if they maybe weren't tightened? And any idea of the bolt I need to replace it, can someone tell me the size, thread and depth of the bolt and is it something I can get from sprint or will I have to go to a specialist?Thanks, Ben. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 17y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 27/05/13 08:15 AM Share Posted 27/05/13 08:15 AM are you talking one of the 6 bolts on the core? if so you most likely have a cracked housing and the bolt has worked it's way loose and will continue to do so, you are going to need to replace it and check it regularlyif you are talking one of the 4 mounting bolts to the manifold, again real common and means you have not been servicing your car correctly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny_C Donating Members 40 Member For: 12y 2m 17d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 27/05/13 08:40 AM Author Share Posted 27/05/13 08:40 AM Yeah its on the core not the manifold, sounds like its going to get expensive fast. Is it a bolt that should have loctite or the like applied? Kinda ticks me off a bit if its something that would have to be removed to put on the new actuator and has worked loose. Can you tell me the size of the bolt I need to replace it with? I tried calling ford spares and the guy had no idea what I was talking about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 12y 11m 29d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 27/05/13 09:16 AM Share Posted 27/05/13 09:16 AM Better off calling/going to MTQ for things like that. They supplied Ford my actuator under warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaos310 Donating Members 228 Member For: 11y 7m 22d Gender: Male Posted 27/05/13 09:21 AM Share Posted 27/05/13 09:21 AM They are an M8 bolt if I recall rightly, there are two different lengths as 5 of the 6 bolt holes are drilled into the turbine housing flow path and the last of them is drilled blind into the housing just near the flange. 1 at 15mm and 5 at 20mm I believe.....Pull one out and check it. by the sounds of what youre saying its the longer of the two..02c Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ratter Member 6,793 Member For: 17y 10m 26d Gender: Male Location: @ my laptop Posted 28/05/13 12:55 AM Share Posted 28/05/13 12:55 AM those bolts do not have to come out if you have just had an actuator replacement, loctite is no good in that situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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