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Mine have done it twice and its not the nozzles which I have cleaned, ford "fixed" it.. was okay for about a week then the drivers one stops again, hose was full of crap, like little sticks and stuff. Apparently ford just use a bucket of water from the local creek/dam to fill your washer bottle.<br /><br />Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk<br /><br />

Exactly and oil temps that low aren't likely to vapourise contaminates relying on additives in the oil alone to suspend them, if you change your oil at 5k though it's not likely to become a problem. Same deal for vehicles that do regular short trips. Sludge is not your friend Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk

How much oil do you empty out of your can and how often f-wolf? Cause it should be pretty minimal out of the breather, alot could indicate you have serious blow by(a little is normal) or your pcv is passing under positive pressure. As arronm said pcv to manifold seems to be far more of a problem on daily driven vehicles. If you haven't taken your throttle body off do it and have a gander, as quite a bit seems to enter via pcv under vacuum which is "after" or "below" the throttle body, However you want to put it.. Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk

Yeah well baffled cans are important I imagine, something needs to separate the liquids from the vapour. Apparently short trips compound sludge problems as oil needs to get to 221 degrees to vaporise contaminates, which takes around 20mins. Add to this ford's 15k service intervals and you got yourself sludge. Ask my dead turbo about it...screen blocked and banjo full of sludge...thanks ford. I think arronm's setup is ideal and will keep 95% of sh*t out of the inlet whilst remaining emissions legal. Any idea what it cost mate? Been looking at the areoflow cans on fleebay. Baffled, $119. Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk

Hey guys, I was doing some servicing on the T the other day and removed the throttle body to clean it and found this: Above the throttle plate,coldside piping is clean. intake,compressor,hotside and I'm guessing to an extent the cooler, has a little oil. So I guess pcv valve is holding fairly well under positive pressure. So as the intake manifold and underside of throttle plate are filthy I can only assume this is all coming in via pcv under vacuum. As a daily driver the manifold is in vacuum quite a bit...otherwise known as Brisbane traffic. So my questions are is this a normal amount for a 96k km vehicle(g6et) and is anybody running a catch can from pcv to manifold with the check on the outlet of the can and with what results? Or maybe a double can setup? I see most single cans are on breather to intake which makes sense if your in the boost alot,like a track car would be, or you have tons of blow by on an N/A pos . I'm thinking double baffled cans to stay emissions legal and keep the oil out of the inlet entirely. If this is normal which I suspect it is in higher k engines then why the feck did ford not just fit a freaking stupid little can you could empty at service intervals? That's a rhetorical. Question btw. Also I'd recommend checking the pcv at regular intervals and cleaning/ replacing as required. It's a check valve in a boosted application(has a spring in N/A applications I think)and mine was passing a little just under the pressure of my lungs let alone boost pressure.I was not able to make it pass after cleaning it.(don't suck through it after drowning it in carb cleaner like I did, wasted half a stubbie rinsing that sh*t out...) It's a potential boost leak and will also result in positive crank case pressure blowing crap out the breather and back into your turbo. End rant. Sent from my C6903 using Tapatalk

Hmm I had considered the warmer weather, it was a company vehicle prior to me owning it and service history was kind of poor so solenoid is sounding like it. will check the throttle body while I'm at it. Hopefully this thread ends soon ;-) Thanks for the suggestions Going over all of this I feel like I got a lemon, have also done diff bush, temp sensor, rose joints and freaking windscreen washers and 1 is blocked again, must be crap in the lines, bottle is clean :'(

Hi all I'm the proud owner of an 08 G6ET which has around 90k on the clock. I've owned it for around 6 months and its been well.....fast. To my knowledge its stock, it is a little louder than other stockers may have a cat back. Lateley it feels a little down on power. On the first start up of the day it just about stalls and the lights dim if u just sorta slap the throttle to give it a little rev and just generally feels rough. This settles down by time I back out my driveway and all seems OK. That's been happening for around 2 months. In the last week or so its failed to squeel through first gear which is basically what's got me feeling its down on power. It still pulls pretty hard just feels a little....doey. Now its probably worth mentioning it did have the turbo replaced by the dealer before I bought it as it started making clunking noises on a test drive....scary. So I have ordered an earls filter kit to be on the safe side incase the "mechanics" at ford didn't replace the filter that probably killed the original turbo. I'm about to give it a good service including fuel filter ect, as I like others feel fords 15k service intervals are BS. What I'm worried about: Tranny milkshake, coolant still nice and green, doesn't feel like its slipping and no shudders so I think I'm good there. Plan on getting it serviced at 100k,oil and exchanger, maybe even just get a cooler, I do flog it a bit :-) I have a boost leak, no pipes blown off, all clamps tight, a section of the fins on the intercooler has coped a rock pretty hard, punched a hole clean through a couple but the air doesn't actually pass through the fins does it? Goes through the sections between the fins I believe? So barring something silly like bad fuel or a blocked fuel filter which will be replaced very soon its all got me a bit worried. Where did my 1st gear squeelies go!?!? Just after some suggestions or maybe somebody has experienced a similar thing? Thanks in advance, long time reader 1st time poster. You've all already given me great advice. :-)