VXR2005 said:

Right then all u P38 guru's out there this might b a stupid question as i have never owned a p38 2.5TD before and 2 b honest after all the trouble i have had with this 1 i wish i had never bought the damn thing well on 2 the question i need 2 ask :

When on tick over the large rubber hose that comes off what i call " the snail shell of the turbo " is it supposed 2 b pressured up or not .....

Thanks in advance 4 any and all advice received .

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VXR2005 said:

Just double checking guys because as i have said have had a lot of probs with it bought it 2 years ago didn't have an ounce of trouble 4 the first 12 months then 1 day she decided 2 over heat and spill her guts revealing gold glitter in the water so was suspicious so once home removed the head 2 reveal blown head gasket and cracked head in 4 places so once rebuilt took her 4 the MOT just about 2 put her on the rollers and the turbo blew filling the MOT station and yard in smoke so sourced a new turbo fitted it at the garage as its a m8 of mine flushed and everything collected her a few days after as he MOT'd whilst it was there all was fine so decided 2 bring her home 3 mile down the road she died again got her home 2 find the crank pulley bolt had come loose tightened her up and have got her back up and running and am now just checking everything guys as she is proving 2 b a problem child ..

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Datatek said:

Make sure the crank pully bolt is tightened correctly, if it comes loose you lose the oil pump drive.

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VXR2005 said:

Tell me about it forgot 2 mention this is the 2nd time its come loose i think it was responsible 4 blowing the turbo as it came loose a few days b4 the turbo blew but tightened it up and thread locked it so thought it would b fine but i have bin proven wrong so am just trying 2 make sure everything is spot on now ..

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Datatek said:

Look in RAVE for the torque figure it's seriously high.

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VXR2005 said:

I know what ur saying i have already got it m8

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wammers said:

A correctly torqued crank pulley bolt does not come undone.

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Datatek said:

+1, in fact it's almost fecking impossible to undo it

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Datatek said:

+1, in fact it's almost fecking impossible to undo it

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