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    M47 Pressure Converter Issue and Turbo

    Cripes ...... mine must be like dead see scrolls!!!!!! Will let you know if I find any difference....in truck on replacement
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    M47 Pressure Converter Issue and Turbo

    Aghh yes now you mention it I have seen it ..... gotya ........ well bearing in mind my old truck is 10 years old ...... I think I will change it ....... any hint of blockage seems to cause performance issues.....
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    M47 Pressure Converter Issue and Turbo

    Hi you could be right..... take a look at his site BMW: Pressure Converters have Air Filters ! • 3 Series BMW Forum • BMWLand: BMW Forum apparantly this can cause allot of drivability problems at low revs .... rather like the maf. Apprantly filter clogs at 1.25% per month!!!!! If my...
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    M47 Pressure Converter Issue and Turbo

    Hi i have been surfing the BMW320D forums.....and it appears the E47 M47 diesel engine was fitted with a pressure converter.....this allows the correct opperation of the variable vane turbo charger. Apprarantly it is highly vunerable to clogging thus giving very sluggish turbo performance...
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    Freelander side exit exhaust

    Whoops ok ..... bent tube..... ok ..... is it boomy???
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    Freelander side exit exhaust

    Hi impressed with your side exhaust......is this a custom system??? (is it a std exhaust adapted..... or a bespoke powerflow jobby) Is this exhaust boomy at motorway cruise???? Could you post a picky under the car.... at back.
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    Nice little mod air intake....worth doing

    Further testing ..... tried position 5 on the synergy OMG!!!..... this goes really well....... I dont normally give it beans ..... it is really quite easy to hit the rev limiter in 1st 3 gears!!!! This feels like the old GT TDi Golf I had....but a bit gutsy-ier excellent for a bit of safe...
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    Nice little mod air intake....worth doing

    Hi I have reduced picture size drastically ......... and re uploaded..... according to Photoshop they are 1.2 cm wide and only 33k in size!!!! Hope I helped the viewing...... let me know.... Aside from this ... report back TD4 is going really well definitely more power.....and when driving...
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    Nice little mod air intake....worth doing

    Hi I have tried resizing ..... drastically....I thought the pic size would auto change...... hmmm .... here is a trial upload
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    Nice little mod air intake....worth doing

    Hi all I have a 2001 TD4, having fitted EGR bypass and Synergy 2 I was well impressed with the results - finally I can zoom along with other more modern kit and with mpg at 38mpg not bad for a 116k motor. Well I looked at a post here by Biggamehunter ..... what a great conversion!!! But I am...
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    Audio control at steering wheel - interface unit on TD4

    Hi have Xreg TD4 .... and I am removing old head unit and I am replacing it with a new JVC unit .... that has steering wheel control function. I understand that i need an interface connector.......which appears redily available........ I took out my old head unit and traced the radio loom back...
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    Plug for steering wheel interface

    Hi I am replacing my old head unit and want the steering wheel controls to work. It appears you have to unplug the original harness and plug a new one in ........ when I traced my harness back to what appears to be the plug assembly ....... it is in the bowels of the center consul at the bottom...
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    TD4 Hippo injector return blow off

    Hi thanks for reply, confused......my injectors have a T piece that clips in.......with a spring......I can't see what I would need to trim off.... When mine blows the whole T piece is forced out!!! and it blows fuel all over engine bay.....are you talking about pipes leading to and from T...
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    Synergy setting

    Mines on setting 2 with MAF compensation.............goes well but if I really push it over 4000rpm return fuel pipe blows off no 3 injector!!!! This little box must really boost the rail pressure............also I think one of my injectors is going leaky......will try some BG244
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    K&N Filters are there MAF problems on TD4

    Hmmm there is no clear answer....best urr on side of caution ...shame really. I have used K&N for many years on other cars with no problem inc a Golf TDi ............... never re oiled my filters justy used them from factory.:o
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    K&N Filters are there MAF problems on TD4

    Hi I was considering buying a K&N filter.....but I have been made aware there are possible issues with MAF failing due to oil contamination what are peoples findings.........are there issues????:eek:
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    TD4 Hippo injector return blow off

    Hi ... been thinking about this one I suspect one of my injectors is leaking back.......so if the rail pressure is increased by synergy to cope with higher revs.....when you lift off the gas ...... injectors are seeing really high pressure......I suspect if I have a leaky injector ....a whole...
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    TD4 Hippo injector return blow off

    Hi I fitted a synergy2 to my hippo.....works fab no smoke, plenty of power and free revving...I am using it on setting 2.... however, if I use full power at around 4000rpm ...... one of the injectors blows the return fuel line 'T' out....... I rang Ron (nice guy) who recons this is most...
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    Advice and hints required re IRD/Clutch replacement on TD4

    Hi, well got it sorted ...... I bought a set of irwin extractors for £22 at screwfix...... these have a l/h spiral thread......I gave the bolt some heat .... from my propane torch then knocked on the extractor socket and bingo off she came!!!! Thank god dual mass flywheel was not...
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    Advice and hints required re IRD/Clutch replacement on TD4

    Hi just reporting in ........ got car on ramps and elected to take sub frame off..... this helps allot.........however things that have cused me problems are the IRD coolant pipes...those clips are a pig Top IRD bolts on TD4 are evil......fotnately I had a special wriggly socket ext bar...