Hi all just a quick question just after ideas on an issue my BA 6T developed today, I was driving around and then accelerated and there was no boost at all, just a spinning sound coming from the turbo it sounded pretty terrible so I stopped the car and could and could hear the turbo spinning down which I found a little odd, it wasn't super loud or anything and as I was only 800m from home I started the car and took off again. On the way back it didn't happen again right away it accelerated normally, there was boost and then I turned a corner and bang, it was gone again and there was the horrible spinning sound. Any ideas? I thought maybe the bearing but there is only a small amount of play in the turbo once I pulled the pipe off etc.

factory screen strikes again

Ahhh yeah cheers you're probably right there, looks like I'll have a busy day tomorrow

Its a bit of a pain to get at it

Seems like a turbo failure.

Dont go to ford for a replacement turbo.

Look at a garret or precision replacement.

Mamba on ebay make a good turbo for cheap as well

Yeah this is looking a bit more annoying than I first thought it would be, was trying to avoid having to replace the whole turbo as I was planning on selling this car within 6 months! Typical hey haha

Get a cheap second hand one and flog it off.

^what he said

Although the 3540 seems to hold value suprisingly well

Bit of hunting around looks like about a $1000-1100 for a second hand/rebuilt unit, not wrong about them holding value!

This ones a bolt on

MAMBA Bolt-On GTX Ball Bearing Turbocharger GTX3584R T04Z FORD FALCON XR6 BA BF

and this ones need an intake mod

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/MAMBA-GTX-Ball-Bearing-Turbocharger-GTX3582R-FORD-FALCON-XR6-BA-BF-w-38mm-WG-/171804909969?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_15&hash=item28005ee191

Matty, good turbos but bad idea for the OP as he will also need to pay for a custom tune.

Second hand stock turbo would be best