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[Scrooge]

It's very simple and worthwhile doing everytime you service it, two 10mm bolts and right at the front of the engine iirc.

 

[Ian_182]

2nd hand turbo's on ebay are around £300

New however yes they are around £1000

 

[.Simon]

Thanks Ian, I'm not sure what discount I will get with Fords, hopefully it'll cost me a lot less!

Although, fingers crossed it's not the Turbo at all!

 

[JayR]

Think when my old boys TD went pop it cost him (or his company) £1700 to sort so hope it's not that mate.

 

[.Simon]

Just had the estimate back from Fords, they can't find anything wrong with the pipes / Turbo - whch is good news!

They have said that the car requires a new Crankshaft pulley, Alternator belt pully and a water pump tesnsioner. Quoted price was £545 incl VAT and labour, which to me sounds ok?

 

[Naith]

lovely bus! bet its torquey as! I ran a v6 one for a while, loved wafting along in it. Yours looks fantastic.

 

[Christopher]

Hero barge.

 

[.Simon]

Thanks guys - yes, it's a lovely car!

It has s**t loads of Torque in the higher gears and handles very well.

I'm very tempted to buy the Eibach springs, but not sure if it's worth it when I do so many miles!

 

[.Simon]

Just booked it in at a local garage, we got the parts direct from Fords with a very nice discount - I've been quoted £160 for fitting, it's cost me £300 for the parts.

Think I'm going to have to give it a good clean soon though, 130 miles a day is taking it's toll on the paintwork!

By the way, does anyone know what the paint warranty is on a Ford? I've had a little bit of rust come through on the bonnet.

 

[Gally]

I doubt you'll get any warranty with bonnet being in the line of fire for chips mate. Worth a try though. Just ask the dealer.

 

[Scrooge]

Just booked it in at a local garage, we got the parts direct from Fords with a very nice discount - I've been quoted £160 for fitting, it's cost me £300 for the parts.

Think I'm going to have to give it a good clean soon though, 130 miles a day is taking it's toll on the paintwork!

By the way, does anyone know what the paint warranty is on a Ford? I've had a little bit of rust come through on the bonnet.

You will be replacing those pulleys again in less than a year They will just start rattling again.

 

[.Simon]

Will thye be like the 182 pulleys / belts? As in could "snap at any time"?!

 

[Scrooge]

Oh nope nothing like that, just let it rattle away. It's annoying and just does it on idle.

 

[.Simon]

Ah great - I still don't know if that can cause hte whistle noise though!

I'm going to get them cahnged next week anyway and get them to check the steering.

They are going to remove the broken part of the exahust shield - I'll get a new once when the exhaust needs replacing.

 

[Scrooge]

It won't be causing the whistle, if they say the turbo is fine it could be the actuator. Although unless they took the turbo out and had a look they can't tell it's 100% healthy. They probably just checked the shaft for play.

 

[.Simon]

I'm going to get them to have a look next week for me, until it goes bang there's not a lot that I can do!

 

[Scrooge]

When mine went ( virtually the same turbo in my car ) I'd had it out the week before and there was no play in the shaft, 200 miles later it had gone.

 

[.Simon]

Ah ok.

I think i'll just worry about it when/if it actually happens.

 

[Scrooge]

Soon as it does go turn your engine off as the turbo will more than likely just pump all your oil into the intercooler.

If it's only whistling slightly I wouldn't worry mine did it for a over a year and took plenty of abuse.

 

[.Simon]

I picked the car up from the garage on Monday afternoon - it feels like new!

The steering has been sorted (tracking was out, I won't be going to the garage that originally tested it again!).

Currently doing 65 MPG too, cruising at 60.

I'm still very tempted to Eibach lowering springs though.