massiv Member 89 Member For: 17y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: East Bentleigh Posted 09/01/08 06:44 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 06:44 AM I am the new owner of a BF MK II XR6 Turbo - and after driving my car for the first week have discovered that between 2000 and 2100 rpm that when off the accelerator then back onto it there is a slight slip or weird feeling? Has anyone else exprienced this? The car I own is a Manual.Also I have been geeting mixed feelings in regards to the best way to run in your car. At the moment I am just driving it nomrally at variable speeds. Im not pushing it in first but do give it squirts in 2nd and 3rd at most from time to time to 5000rpm. Does anyone believe this is not good for the vehicle? Cheers! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 20y 1m 22d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 09/01/08 07:16 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 07:16 AM That weird feeling would be the Turbo kicking in.Your run in method sounds fine. The main thing is dont idle for long periods, dont labour the engine (low revs up hills).Have fun! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618704 Share on other sites More sharing options...
massiv Member 89 Member For: 17y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: East Bentleigh Posted 09/01/08 07:21 AM Author Share Posted 09/01/08 07:21 AM Got it so no high reving up hills ill take that into note. The longest I kept it on idle was when the mrs feel asleep in the car just before I took it for a wash saturday night when it was 30degress. I left the car on for about 20 min with the air con running. (you can probably gather I am a little compulsive with the questions) anyway... would that have long terms affects to the performance of the car??? Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618706 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobrav8 Member 1,969 Member For: 20y 1m 22d Gender: Male Location: New Zealand Posted 09/01/08 07:35 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 07:35 AM Sorry - maybe I was unclear - do not do low revs up hills (eg 1500 revs up a hill), use the revs up to say 4000, cycle it round. Run-in is not as important as it used to be, machining is generally better nowdays, and doesnt require as much run in.The idling - I personally would have not idled for 20 minutes - I would have woken the wife up, but I doubt it has done any harm. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618708 Share on other sites More sharing options...
gilto Member 218 Member For: 17y 10m 17d Gender: Male Posted 09/01/08 07:38 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 07:38 AM Once it's up to operating temperature give it some squirts right through to red line to let the valves bed in....this will give you better performance from the engine. If anything breaks it will be covered anyway...... Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618709 Share on other sites More sharing options...
massiv Member 89 Member For: 17y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: East Bentleigh Posted 09/01/08 07:41 AM Author Share Posted 09/01/08 07:41 AM Thanks cobrav8 for the help I will literally sleep better tonight!!!!gilto - what is redline exactly???.... you just raised another question that I forgot about... there is no red on the tacho!!!! Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618711 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Blue Powered by Ford's 3.7 V6 = Zoom Zoom Zoom! Member 890 Member For: 20y 6m 15d Gender: Male Location: Tweed Heads Posted 09/01/08 08:12 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 08:12 AM OK, we heard you the first time Redline eh? well its like this, if you go over 6000rpm the rev limiter will cut in and put you through the windscreen, all in good fun of coarse!Oh and welcome to the mad house Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618726 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Member 1,627 Member For: 18y 2m 5d Gender: Male Location: Slip Sliding Away Posted 09/01/08 08:19 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 08:19 AM Maybe he left the car running for 20 minutes with the wife in the car and a hose coming from the exhaust but she woke up too fast When you hit the limiter you will know it. Just dont hold it there too long and make sure the missus aint with you as she might get annoyed when she bumps her head on the windscreen. Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618728 Share on other sites More sharing options...
F6Rdodg'nroos Member 164 Member For: 17y 4m 14d Location: NSW-The Taxed State Posted 09/01/08 08:29 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 08:29 AM Hi Massivthe run in sounds OK, this is my second turbo Ford and I'm just running it in now too.One other thing the book says is at say 60, 80 or 100km/h shift down 1-2 gears and allow it to rev at higher rpm, but same speed for short periods. This helps distribute oil at higher pressure to lubricate and bed in all parts, esp if you're driving on longer flat roads where you cant go up hills to put load on the engine. Also go through the gears from standing starts with moderate accelleration from time to timeAlso good idea to take advantage of Fords free 3000km service (although oil and filter are not free), the labour and all safety checks are free - get them to do oil flush+filter as well. Even do an extra oil change at 1500km - its something alot of the guys on here do, and when I did mine the other day at2200km, its surprising just how much filings are in it - it certainly doesnt hurt.CheersPaul Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618731 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buf-Phoon loitering with intent Lifetime Members 13,318 Member For: 21y 8m 27d Gender: Male Location: Zombie Birdhouse Posted 09/01/08 08:33 AM Share Posted 09/01/08 08:33 AM OK, we heard you the first time Bazza , what you on man Link to comment https://www.fordxr6turbo.com/forum/topic/41495-2100-rpm-weird-feeling/#findComment-618734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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