Lancealot92 New Member 4 Member For: 5y 8m 17d Posted 18/07/18 02:46 PM Share Posted 18/07/18 02:46 PM (edited) I have just purchased a ba xr6t ute Auto with 160,000kms. Im wondering if the pipe connected to the turbo in the pictures seems normal? Looks very burnt. Any help appreciated, Cheers Lance The Turbo spins nicely and does not touch the sides. the oil looked pretty dark though on the lip seen in pic. Edited 18/07/18 02:52 PM by Lancealot92 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 18/07/18 06:19 PM Share Posted 18/07/18 06:19 PM It has a metal / tape sleeve there ( see image) maybe its flaking off. Is there a clamp on the hose? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,238 Member For: 15y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 19/07/18 12:04 AM Share Posted 19/07/18 12:04 AM yep; he's right ^^. The metal tape on it does start to peel away if it gets oily, like it looks like in your picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopper8 Member 47 Member For: 6y 23d Posted 20/07/18 04:43 AM Share Posted 20/07/18 04:43 AM In the pic, what's the purpose of the cut out in the crossover pipe?? Never seen that before (and have an FG myself so am not familiar with B series intake piping). Curious! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,238 Member For: 15y 11m 18d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 20/07/18 04:45 AM Share Posted 20/07/18 04:45 AM there is no cutout in the production piece. It's a picture of a display engine, one that was originally used to show the intake and turbo piping pathway. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopper8 Member 47 Member For: 6y 23d Posted 20/07/18 04:49 AM Share Posted 20/07/18 04:49 AM Ahhh thanks Keith! I assumed that since it was a red engine bay and aaronm had a red profile pic that it was his car haha. Which is confusing because he had about a dozen silver cars last I saw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Member 564 Member For: 19y 6m 5d Gender: Male Posted 20/07/18 10:24 AM Share Posted 20/07/18 10:24 AM 5 hours ago, hopper8 said: In the pic, what's the purpose of the cut out in the crossover pipe?? Never seen that before (and have an FG myself so am not familiar with B series intake piping). Curious! See the turbo cut out too? They do that to help with turbo spool, it makes more power sooner and believe it or not it also helps with fuel economy. Good pic up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 5m 1d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/07/18 12:20 PM Share Posted 20/07/18 12:20 PM (edited) 7 hours ago, hopper8 said: Ahhh thanks Keith! I assumed that since it was a red engine bay and aaronm had a red profile pic that it was his car haha. Which is confusing because he had about a dozen silver cars last I saw Yeh I normally run the rest of the car, not just the engine bay. And who the f_ck stole my radiator hoses, radiator and fans....... Edited 20/07/18 12:21 PM by arronm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,013 Member For: 8y 11m 6d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 20/07/18 01:29 PM Share Posted 20/07/18 01:29 PM Top up your power steering fluid mate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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