Flemo23 Member 12 Member For: 11y 5m 16d Gender: Male Posted 09/02/13 09:34 AM Share Posted 09/02/13 09:34 AM hi every one I had my xr50 turbo ute for about 4 months. I think the bearings in my turbo are shot it makes a rattling noise when I turn it off is this common. the only work I have had done is alloy cooler pipes, dump pipe, cat, exhaust, 12 psi actuator and tune it runs 16 pis is this the cause of dead turbo. also the car is still under warranty do you think that they will still cover my turbo with work done.cheers michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 20y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 09/02/13 09:48 AM Share Posted 09/02/13 09:48 AM (edited) Michael,Sounds like your turbo is definately in need of a rebuild. You need to make the choice to either keep running it or pull it out and rebuild it. I had a noisey turbo in my FG XR for 18 months without any catasrophic failure before selling it.Benny. Edited 09/02/13 09:51 AM by Benny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spinr33 Donating Members 964 Member For: 12y 8m 6d Posted 09/02/13 11:22 AM Share Posted 09/02/13 11:22 AM I doubt they will cover it under warranty but worth a try otherwise gtx35 is a good option for future endeavors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matsfgxr6turbo Member 388 Member For: 14y 2m 18d Posted 09/02/13 02:58 PM Share Posted 09/02/13 02:58 PM what sort of service history has yours had out of curiosity every 15k by any chance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benny Member 1,869 Member For: 20y 8m 18d Gender: Male Location: Newcastle Posted 09/02/13 08:46 PM Share Posted 09/02/13 08:46 PM I changed my oil every 5000 and still suffered a bearing issue. I attempted to make a claim but it was denied as I expected. As the saying goes 'you play you pay'. There are a few places around that can rebuild them like MTQ and GCG. If not then as suggested above you could go to a bigger turbo and get retuned. Benny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicxr6t05 Bronze Donating Members 2,216 Member For: 12y 8m 27d Gender: Male Posted 09/02/13 09:47 PM Share Posted 09/02/13 09:47 PM Yep, zero warranties for you! Gtx time 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AusAnt Turbo Noob Donating Members 331 Member For: 11y 6m 30d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 09/02/13 10:02 PM Share Posted 09/02/13 10:02 PM Tune on its own = voided warranty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flemo23 Member 12 Member For: 11y 5m 16d Gender: Male Posted 10/02/13 01:36 AM Author Share Posted 10/02/13 01:36 AM I'm thinking it might be a blocked oil line to turbo because there is no signes of wear around the blade and there is not a lot of play. I still might try for warranty the guy that tuned it knows the service manager at the local ford dealer. For now I'm just going to pull the oil line off and see if its blocked. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosij Donating Members 2,045 Member For: 12y 8m 13d Gender: Male Posted 10/02/13 01:55 AM Share Posted 10/02/13 01:55 AM If your going to "try" for warranty why touch it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JETURBO ...JD TUNING ADELAIDE... Gold Donating Members 23,708 Member For: 15y 10m 23d Gender: Male Location: Adelaide Posted 10/02/13 11:42 AM Share Posted 10/02/13 11:42 AM ^^^ this ^^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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