k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,306 Member For: 16y 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 29/03/18 12:46 AM Share Posted 29/03/18 12:46 AM You often can't see the cracks in a turbine housing from the mounted-in-the-car position. The only way to be sure of it is to take the turbo off completely and remove the turbine housing and inspect it under strong lighting conditions to spot the potential problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 9y 4d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 29/03/18 01:15 AM Share Posted 29/03/18 01:15 AM I thought the issue of the studs and nuts joining the exhaust manifold to the turbine housing working loose was common even from new? That is, can be a problem even without the housing being cracked? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arronm Dropping a turd Gold Donating Members 9,520 Member For: 16y 6m Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 29/03/18 02:07 AM Share Posted 29/03/18 02:07 AM Maybe OP can take an image of which bolts were loose or missing . Because I think there maybe some confusion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 28,306 Member For: 16y 17d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 29/03/18 02:21 AM Share Posted 29/03/18 02:21 AM 1 hour ago, El Andrew said: studs and nuts joining the exhaust manifold to the turbine housing working loose was common even from new? Yep. That is common enough that it needs to be maintained at service intervals. If yours stays without aftermarket assistance, you'll be one of the rare ones and you can think yourself lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 9y 4d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 29/03/18 02:30 AM Share Posted 29/03/18 02:30 AM So far so good, but if they work loose more than once a year I'll probably look at aftermarket solutions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joffa1 Member 143 Member For: 6y 9m 14d Posted 29/03/18 10:33 AM Author Share Posted 29/03/18 10:33 AM I’m actually not sure which two bolts they replaced in the end... might have a poke around on the weekend as I imagine they would look newer than all existing bolts. Im keen to know precisely too so I can keep an eye on them and tighten every oil change or so. All I know is that they were apparently “turbo housing bolts” and that the turbo oil and water lines were removed to get access to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 9y 4d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 29/03/18 11:06 AM Share Posted 29/03/18 11:06 AM Diff bolts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joffa1 Member 143 Member For: 6y 9m 14d Posted 29/03/18 11:29 PM Author Share Posted 29/03/18 11:29 PM Sorry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Andrew Gold Donating Members 2,019 Member For: 9y 4d Gender: Male Location: Canberra ACT Posted 30/03/18 08:55 AM Share Posted 30/03/18 08:55 AM Haha sorry mate just being stupid. Bit of a joke around here that any problem can be traced back to diff bushes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puffwagon Puff Gold Donating Members 15,131 Member For: 9y 2m 28d Gender: Male Location: South Australia Posted 30/03/18 09:03 AM Share Posted 30/03/18 09:03 AM So that's why my boys are being buttheads...Lucky I still have my diff bush tool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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