Caghan

Hey guys my centre diff sh*t itself. unfortunately my car isnt in oz so I cant take it to a shop to get it repaired. I need a replacement so I can get my mechanic here to do it. that's the part there its ripped apart. can anyone please help me find someone who can ship this part internationally? thanks alot.

the car was bought brand new so I owned it. when I brought it over to cyp, I serviced it myself at 5000ks, changed the oil with a synthetic kind that's available over here with an oil filter from a honda or somesh*t(there was NOOOOO way to get the original one that time). then I got it serviced by a very mindless mechanic(was the best around but still sh*thouse). he put another filter on which was very small and some other oil that I didnt see. the next oil change was at 15000k. I drive the car between pussy and thrashed. I never ever thrash that bad. maybe a 2-3 minute session that's it. I have no doubt the oil and the filter used had an adverse effect on the car. I mean the filters were tiny compared to the genuine one.

I bought it from Oz I forgot the name but it was something plazma. it was an electronic one.

I mentioned the blocked filter to him when I took it to him, he told me it was alright. so its taken care of.

this is the next email I got when I asked for the readings.

you are exactly right guys that's why I must trust this guy. I cannot just assume he is trying to do me over and take the car because he IS the only one in the island who seems to know what hes doing. so when he tells me he had to rebuild the oil pump, altho it may sound like its far fetched and not likely to happen. what if it really DID happen? that's why I must be so trusting. I asked him for the current oil pressure output to compare it to the normal one. I will post his answer here to see the comparison. anyone care to give me some pointers to see if he is screwing me around? thanks

hi everyone again. its been a while but my car is still in the shop getting repaired. I came to oz and brought back a turbo with me bought from garrett for around 2.5k. anyway I gave it to him and recently he had this to say. so does this sound alright? also what is the normal oil pressure for the XR6Turbo? thanks

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hey ppl, I got a few questions and I hope that you guys can clear some stuff up for me. here are the questions. I have been reading up on the forums about flashing the car and stuff but so far I have read that you almost always need to take your car to a mechanic in order to get it tweaked but unfortunately I do not have that option. I am coming to AUS in a short while and I want to know if I can possibly buy a flasher that I can just plug in and everything would already be ready to go for my MKII BF Turbo Ute? also the petrol quality here isnt that great. we have 95octane, 97octane(altho I am not even sure its 97 half the time), and 100octane(very very rarely comes). I hear there are different tunes for different petrol types as well which can be switched backwards and forwards. also if I buy a secondhand unit from another BF MKII xr6t ute, would that mean that I could unlock it and just put it in my car and it would work no problem because it is already tuned??? ideas would help!! thanks alot. also without any mods whats a reasonable psi that I could be achieving with a flash considering my petrol quality?

they must have really upped the technological advances with the 09 models. by the sounds of things there are like 10 variations of DSC's controlling the car.

the fact that the turbo sh1t itself after only 3 years is a little disappointing to me and the fact that it cannot be rebuilt is a little bad too in terms of funds. so there is no point bringing the turbo to Australia for a rebuild is there coz there is no chance that it can be fixed right?? also. is there a chance that the oil pump IS faulty?? like I cant goto him with wrong assumptions. if I buy a turbo and give it to him to fit (which will be cheaper coz hell probably charge more for one) he wont cover it under his warranty because he didn't see where the turbo was from and everything. so my question is. if I get a brand new turbo, and the oil lines, and a genuine filter, can I fit all that on without expert help? I know how to do the oil change and changing the line doesnt seem that hard just wondering if it needs anything else like tuning the turbo or something?

Just got an email back from the mechanic. here it is " Dear Caghan, thank you for the e mail. I have now stripped parts of the engine and removed the turbo from the vehicle, the turbo has been completely stripped to assess its condition, Unfortunately the turbine in the (hot part) of the turbo has destroyed itself due to lack of lubrication, the noise that you could hear when you spin the turbine by hand is the broken shaft that connects the turbine to the compressor the (cold part) of the turbo. This is the reason that the compressor was spinning freely, the cause of this is like I said the fact that you have been using filters that have not allowed the turbo shaft(bearings etc ) to receive any kind of lubrication, further your turbo cannot be rebuilt as the centre section has partially melted the bushes in the housing. Also the second problem you now have is the supply pipe is not pumping oil, this has to be investigated and rectified , if this second problem is not diagnosed and solved correctly then the problem will reoccur again when you fit a replacement turbo. I hope that you can understand this, if you have any problems then please do not hesitate to contact me again, Your father has been down to see me this evening before returning home I have shown him the parts that I have mentioned above, I think that he understands what I have shown him, of course your father wants to try to keep the costs down to a minimum, I will do my best to find you the best deal I can, but you must understand that these parts are very specialized and do not come cheap, I am also waiting to hear from my contacts in England if we can buy direct from the Garrett supplier, I will hopefully have some good news for you in the next couple of days, in the mean time I will try to save some time, so I will continue to solve the oiling problem that you have, this could possibly mean removing the sump from the engine, this must be done as I have to be sure that once I give the car back to you, I will have the confidence that it will not happen again along with my guarantee. Please confirm by telephone if you agree with my plan of action, regards steve. " what do we think?

thank you so much hoju04 you are a champ. look I couldnt take the turbo off so I found a specialist that would do this work. he is British and has been specializing in turbos for about 20 years. I took the car to him and he said he needed to open up the turbo before he could tell me anything. so I gave hom a couple of days. today my dad spoke to him and this is what he said. said that "there was no oil being fed to the turbo and the bearings have all gone dry making them useless. that was the loud noise coming from the turbo. the only reason why it didnt get totally destroyed was because it is water cooled. he blamed the "no oil being fed" on the oil filter which was on the car. since I couldnt get an original oil filter to fit the car, they have found me one that fit another car (I dont know if that makes a difference or hes just trying to take me for what I got). so he said he couldnt rebuild it and he needs to bring "a part" from Britan and its gonna cost somewhere around 3000EUROS. he also said he needs to open up the engine to check the pistons to see if there is any damage done because of no oil. he said possibly the oil pump is gone. this guy seems to know alot and he has overwhelmed me with his technical sh1t. so my question is. what do I do?? he will be sending me an email tonight so he can tell me exactly what the problem is seeing as though I am translating what he said through my dad.

well when I heard the noises from the first day. it was actually boosting with no power loss. but ever sicne then I didnt actually put my foot down to see but when I turn the car off the fan seemed to be spinning for a long time on its own. the mechanic could spin the turbine with his fingers. im not sure if you can do that easily is something wasnt wrong.

it was a BIG hassle bringing it here. and I doubt anyone will ever attempt it seeing as though I paid alotttttttt of tax to bring it here. never tried to take it out of the country though. after I fix it I will definitely be looking to cruise around Europe to see everything. such a great cruising car. love it but unfortunately problems do occur.