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Today I replaced my starter motor on the td5 after getting the dreaded click a couple of times, when trying to start.
Wasn't as bad as I was expecting in all about an hour and a bit including coffee.
The worst part was it decided to rain the whole day
Wanted to get the rebuild kit but was going to take to long to get here, so TRS had on hand rebuilt starters and a reasonable price.
I found a bit of soot on the OEM heat shield. I managed to do the bolts up on the exhaust housing half a turn, see if that works. The exhaust system was dry no oil, so that's a good thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by discorevy
It looks like it was leaking from the drain and getting onto the rear housing. When I installed the turbo, I had a spare OEM drain gasket and used that over the supplied one. It turns out the OEM one is too wide and binds up against the rear housing and as your doing it up, it never leaked after the first few runs but must seep out slowly. I have reinstalled it now with the one that came with the TT. See how that goes.
Hopefully thats the end of it, I was wondering why I got a oily burning smell at traffic lights, just comes in via the cab intake just behind no doubt.
Got the remote oil filter mount installed today - the Z89A is just for ‘fit’ and when in service I will run with a RYCO Z89ST.
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Shiny turbo goodness [emoji7]Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
Good to see it set up to pour everywhere [emoji41]Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
Not much you can do about that, however my money is on it being a messy affair [emoji56]
If it still leaks you might find the oil drain flange is warped ( common ) if it is, you can remove it using a 24mm at the other end and file it flat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Four Loko
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Originally Posted by onebob
Couple of ways to make it a clean affair would be to eitherQuote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
1: spin the housing 180 degrees
2: fit a filter with an anti siphon valve as well as anti drain back valve.
Haha - Yes I’m sure there will be spills because oil filter changes are inherently messy affairs on most vehicles anyway. I’m hoping that the superiorhttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...5e5fcc8b48.jpg access now afforded compared to the standard filter location will make for a quicker and cleaner job - we’ll soon see I guess [emoji16]. Also I am using Dash 8 AN flare fittings and not hose barbs on the filter mount so if I could be bothered there is an option to drain the filter into a container by disconnecting the return hose. As for spills it is a “straight shot” down to the chassis rail which is an ideal place for an absorbent pad or rags to catch drips.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tombie
Re 2: that would be a RYCO 614.Quote:
Originally Posted by discorevy
Yep, you're onto it, will fit that housing and only 4mm higher[thumbsupbig]Quote:
Originally Posted by onebob
and if you ever sell it, ryco part# stay the same for TD5[biggrin]
hard to see from pic, but will heat shield clear ok?