Thread: Puma 2.4 Turbo Split in the Middle

Originally Posted by patclan

I got the Turbo out, one of the studs was a real pain, the rest came out easy.
I think it is has seen better days :-)

I am hoping the missing bits fell to the ground, I found some small fragments of metal imbedded in the intercooler hose, not sure how I would clean the intercooler out without removing it, maybe stick the shop vac on the hose and see what it pulls out.

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Removing the intercooler is not hard, in fact it's easier than removing a turbo.

Place rags over the end of the arms of the wipers so when you lift bonnet up vertical you wont mark it.
Lift bonnet vertical and tie off with some soft rope cord etc etc (the door handles can be used to tie off)

Generally:
*you dont need to remove the bullbar.
*you dont need to remove the radiator.

Remove:
*top plastic fan cowling.
*front plastic apron.
*undo 3 bolts holding a/c condenser and jiggle a bit forward.
*undo 4 nuts holding slam panel and pry one end of the slam panel out (take care to not be too rough and damage stuff).
*dont loose the 4 spacers behind the slam panel (where the 4 studs are).
*unbolt the side plates that hold the intercooler in place (the bonnet stay is attached to one of them)
*remove side plates.
*undo turbo hoses.
*jiggle intercooler out carefully

*you could upgrade to an all alloy intercooler, its optional on a 2.4 as they dont often split the intercooler.
(the 2.2 it's a given the intercooler is going to split)

Originally Posted by DazzaTD5

Removing the intercooler is not hard, in fact it's easier than removing a turbo.

Thanks mate!

I got the new turbo in, seems to work, going to do an oil change tomorrow. My big issue now is I think the turbo exploding has done something to the alternator, the battery led came on after the failure, but it got towed and never saw it again. New turbo and still have the battery light, ultraguage says 12v so nothing from the alternator. Have not found any broken cables so no idea. wishing I had bought a new alternator before fitting the turbo..