hi noticed a slight blow in my exhaust manifold yesterday, went to drive the car it started fine as normal pulled off was ok for a second or two, then i had a big backfire and the car stalled tried starting again and it was idling very lumpy and kept cutting out, further inspection it had blown one of the intercooler pipes off aswell, so i re attatched that properly and it still ran the same if a bit worse, it could drive but would go 40mph max and wouldnt go above 1500rpm before it would just sort of misfire. engine and oil temps and oil pressure was normal and no engine warning lights apart from the abs one(as its removed). im no expert by all means so i thought id ask, only thing i could think of is that the hole in the manifold got blown bigger and there is no manifold pressure atall which is making it run like that as there is no other knocks or bangs and everything else seems fine. any ideas would be very much appreciated as i was out till quarter to 1 this morning waiting for a flatbed!!! and i miss it already haha!
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Where is the exhaust leaking; between the head and the manifold from the gasket, or somewhere else?
I think you need to do a fault code check (and maybe clear the fault if it's registered one) because it sounds like it's in limp mode. - I'm just wondering if the exhaust leak is so bad that the turbo doesn't spin at all... which would mean that it's a dirty-great blockage in your intake system (rather than forcing air through it).
If you're not showing any faults, I'd get that leak fixed and see if the problem is solved; even muffler repair putty might do the trick. It's not a permanent solution though.
I think you need to do a fault code check (and maybe clear the fault if it's registered one) because it sounds like it's in limp mode. - I'm just wondering if the exhaust leak is so bad that the turbo doesn't spin at all... which would mean that it's a dirty-great blockage in your intake system (rather than forcing air through it).
If you're not showing any faults, I'd get that leak fixed and see if the problem is solved; even muffler repair putty might do the trick. It's not a permanent solution though.
it seems to be from where the manifold joins the turbo? as i said im no expert havent had the car long, how do i do a fault code check is there a thread i can read about this? i got it towed to my mates garage but as its bank holiday he wont be having a look until tommorow just wanted to get some ideas so weve got something to go on
vss irvine
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first thing to do is check the turbo spins freely, maybe a piece of gasket has gone through the turbine?
so turns out what had happened..
all 4 bolts holding turbo to manifold were loose, and one was missing, 1 manifold stud was missing and 4 others loose and one of the downpipe bolts was broken, only had the car a month or so, so reckon it had been tinkered with before i got it and the bolts just gave up, should have car back tommorow or thursday, cant wait!
Sounds like someone else has had a bash at taking the turbo off (maybe to swap it for a good one before they could sell it?) and sheared the studs in the process; thought "sod it" and just put it back on with whatever was left... and didn't do it up tight enough, so it worked loose.
Sounds like a pain in the arse, but it could have been worse; manifold studs are cheaper than turbos!
Sounds like a pain in the arse, but it could have been worse; manifold studs are cheaper than turbos!