Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 16y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 28/03/18 03:12 AM Posted 28/03/18 03:12 AM Hi. So after bolting a stock XR6T setup to my BA wagon, I had a huge exhaust leak appear under the heat shield. Pulled it off to find on of the bolts on the exhaust housing missing. NOT the bolts to the exhaust, the small bolts holding the housing to the cartridge. Anyone know the spec so I can go find one asap?
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 16y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 28/03/18 03:29 AM Author Posted 28/03/18 03:29 AM Local turbo specialist says probably a cracked housing. So he has said a new bolt with lock tabs may last a while so going up to see them. Hopefully it lasts a while at least...
k31th less WHY; more WOT Site Developer 30,105 Member For: 18y 5m 13d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/03/18 03:50 AM Posted 28/03/18 03:50 AM Yeah; a cracked housing causes the heat expansion cycles to be more pronounced and can cause bolts to be slowly backed out like you've seen here. You can buy those bolts from any turbocharger specialist.
Lunchietey Member 84 Member For: 16y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: WA Posted 28/03/18 08:54 AM Author Posted 28/03/18 08:54 AM Went and bought some and also some lock tabs if it comes loose again. Fitted a bolt and it all sounds great now. Goes very nicely! Will be doing a 200km service and will recheck all my bolts etc and flush the oil again just to be sure(and fix the earth issue on the gauges). Hopefully all good for now! 2
FiftyOne Legacy Donating Member 1,145 Member For: 13y 2m 22d Gender: Male Posted 31/03/18 08:29 AM Posted 31/03/18 08:29 AM Yep, cracked housing strikes again. Same happened to me, forever struggle during a service now ensuring they're torqued up as best as possible. I was never completely sold on the idea of V-band setups for a few reasons, mainly could have been around options at the time for other bolt on options to support it. Certainly wouldn't walk pass one now. Hope you get it sorted with the minimum of fuss mate
j.menhoff New Member 1 Member For: 8m 3d Posted 21/01/26 06:22 AM Posted 21/01/26 06:22 AM Lunchie do you happen to know what size bolt they are?
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