Turbo Life

[tonyv]

my stock turbo lasted til 112k's

[justkrusin]

I Have just replaced the turbo on my FG It had done 28000klm was very noisy..whining..

car has been tuned with exhaust and XR8 airbox..made 285rwkw..boosting to 18 psi

The turbo was noisy before tune, but got progressively worse.

The turbo was replaced with the bigger F6 turbo..has not been dynoed since, but the car

is a different beast now..Before was hard to get off line hard without wheelspin..now boost comes

on higher in rev range....but pulls harder and longer..like a train..avg economy is 11.1 ltrs per 100.

I dont know if it will make more power, but it feels better...more driveable

[Sizlak]

I found 3 chips out of the nut on the front of the impella wheel today on my BA f6. Do you think this means it's dead? It's got just over 101 000 on the clock

[Never had any say Panda]

Does it still spin without scrapin around the edges?

Does it make boost?

If you answered yes above.. It's not dead..

[Ralph Wiggum]

I found 3 chips out of the nut on the front of the impella wheel today on my BA f6. Do you think this means it's dead? It's got just over 101 000 on the clock

They aren't chips they are portions of the nut that have been machined away to aid in balancing the turbo assembly.

3:24 onwards...

[Paulie2256]

Haha floppy disk

[bionicxr6t05]

Iv replaced an fg turbo at 14000 ks due to bearing failure

[Never had any say Panda]

Was that oil feed line related?

[bionicxr6t05]

Nope, put it down to a dodgy core, and ford never recalled the turbo so I got a free housing lol

[Sizlak]

Yeah it makes boost and spins freely. Just sus on this fairly loud howling sound once it's over 3500rpm. Also thanks Ralph.