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Thanks I will try that out next time im free at the garage

Hey guys id like to clean the intercooler on my diesel SUV , its been on the car for 5 years and did about 50k kms only but it lived through a bad turbo that was throwing oil .. Ive recently been getting black smoke at high Rpm .. already replaced the air filter and the Turbo but i still have...

Catalyst is removed on my car , just silencers ... im not sure it even has O2 sensors since its a EURO 3 spec .. Based on the knock sensor readings the bad cylinders should be at the rear of the engine .. either 4th or 5th .. sadly no one seems to have the tools to measure compression on a...

Hey guys it's been a while , My question is this . Is there any way an Engine head can cause black smoke ?? The car is a 2005 Ssangyong Rexton 270Xdi diesel , common rail no DPF and the EGR system has been disabled and blocked .. The issue started after fitting a used engine head , ever...

My bad .. i thought he meant the wrapping not the turbo itself ... makes much more sense now xD .. ill look around see if anyone in my region does that ceramic coating .. ill have to reconsider everything ive been told it seems , ill dig deeper and see what i can find thanks alot i really...

oh thats alot cheaper than i expected , why did your one cost that much though ? or prices were crazy 5 years ago ? so lets say i wrapped the turbo .. its still just 1 item that generating crazy heat , theres the Downpipe and the exhaust manifold .. i know i can wrap the downpipe with wraps...

Brother TC , unfortunately i dont have a garage or such to shelter my car from Rain when its parked and it seems too troublesome to cover the car and uncover it daily in the rainy season .. also wouldnt stopping at stop lights or traffic jams count as parking ? i understand its not that big of...

thanks for the reply by raising the rear of the bonnet you mean to simple use some nuts and longer screws to have the rear end of the bonnet rise a few centimeters off the fenders and create a gap that would allow the air to escape ..... if thats correct then im afraid this isnt an option...

so since my car is a diesel and a remapped one with other mods on it , the temps in the engine bay tend to peak and one can barely touch anything in the engine bay after a few heavy runs , needless to say things get much worse while offroading and pushing the engine to its limits . i have...

so my cars engine has now done 260000 and its no longer young eventhough thats still young for this engine which can easily last over 500000 .. anyway some people brought up Engine treatment , mainly Tufoil engine Treatment .. now im no expert on the matter , i know that the Fuel additives work...

start by simple inspections , take a closer look at the coolant see if it has oil in it , look into the engine from where you fill oil , does it look like theres white matter in there ? .. im not familiar with your car but if theres a air/oil separator somewhere it could be jammed or in need of...

Good point , sadly i wont know until i get the part , theres no doubt that it will be getting less air that the Cone can , but the cone has no limits until you put a heatshield on it , the cold air intake is pretty much a cone filter inside a carbon housing with a 3inch pipe that connects it to...

yes without the remap not only will there be a drop in performance but it can also trigger a check engine light and cause the car to go limp

Regarding the cone filter , there really was no change on the performance for my car , But i should mention that it has no heat shield and sucks hot air from the engine bay , however an issue i had with both stock filter and K&N drop in filter is that once you really stress the engine you can...

The Egr is Deleted both through the ECU and physically blocked from the EGR valve side and the Exhaust manifold side .. the Mods on the car are mainly a slightly bigger Intercooler made entirely of aluminum , bigger aluminum intercooler pipes , Bigger downpipe , Open pod filter and an aluminum...

okay so heres a vid of the Flutter and how i can do it and here are some pictures of the turbo and the engine

its not a VGT , and its not exactly new ive had the flutter ever since the first Remap which was maybe 4 years ago , its alot louder and easier to trigger now that i have the Open pod instead of the simple drop in k&n filter , i cant trigger the flutter when the car is in neutral the more the...

would a picture of the turbo or the engine bay or some a vid of the acceleration and the flutter help with something ? i mean how can i help i giving you the info you need ?

Hmmm what i have is this , get the Rpm somewhere between 2.3-3 Rpm quickly then take your foot off completely , thats what when i get the flutter sound , cant hear it any other way (my car is an automatic one so theres no flutter when shifting like in a petrol car Heres a clip that has the...

im quite lost right now , bare with me i woud like to understand .. so theres no need for a dumb valve on my Rexton yet my Turbo flutters due to high boost from the Remap which is unhealthy (according to some) for the turbo and the way to get over that is with a Dump valve which isnt present on...

I noticed that theres no dump valve at all on my car .. while there is one for the newer model of my car (same engine) .. im guessing theres also no throttle body in my car ... ive read a little and some are saying that its pointless on a Diesel , now im confused

So i recently shared a video of my Car while offroading and people pointed out that my Turbo was making that flutter noise we all love and said that was bad for the turbo and will end its life alot sooner than it should ,they recommended installing a dump valve to solve that issue .. What are...

now that you mention it , i do have a Faulty AMB/ambient sensor which causes the AC to malfunction , i already ordered a new one but it will take time until it arrives

Update , i took my car to the workshop today and took everything out , pipes , intercooler , silicon connectors , cleaned it all up and inspected .. no Cracks or tears anywhere .. so were crossing out that option , also that fluttering sound i get sometimes when i maintain 2.2k Rpm , someone...

I will head to the garage tomorrow and take things apart to look for cracks and such , regarding the fuel we really dont have any grades when it comes to Diesel , just one grade and ive been going to the same Gas station for a long time now so that dosnt seem to be the case .. Regarding the Map...

no lights were triggered in my case i was able to recreate it by repeating the same steps , so i doubt its a one time thing , theres something more to it than a false reading i think

Hey guys its been a while :) with spring on the way the temperatures are rising and im forced to use the AC which lead me to finding something strange in my Car , yesterday i was on a long drive , it was 35C outside , AC on max going uphill i decided to floor the gas to overtake a truck .. so i...

Scanned both ECU and TCU , no Errors to report .. so im guessing its within normal running parameters , question is it running in optimal parameters or just barely makes it through the minimal required parameters ?any way to check ? voltage or pressure ?

Well lets say we can have a decent conversation inside the car with all windows closed and going at 3k Rpm (Keep in mind its a diesel so 3k is like 5k in Petrols) ... also i got the car back today with the bigger downpipe and the deleted Cat , cant say i notice a difference in noise (putting...

so youre saying , if im not seeing Check engine lights then i shouldnt touch them , cant say much about Fuel consumption , my foot just gets heavier on the gas everytime i get in the car so its not a good measure .. so theres nothing to gain by replacing them because like a switch they either...

so lately ive been thinking , my car is already 10+ years old and so far i never had to replace the MAF or the MAP(Turbo boost) Sensors , not that im complaining but i was thinking perhaps the old age had affected them slightly and caused a minor drop in performance for my car ... question is...

Lets say its not a must , but it would help the car breath better which can add a few more horses , weight your options and decide ... if it was me id get that straight pipe that replaces the Cat and compare how the car behaves with and without the Cat

hmmm My Rexton in particular is louder than other Rextons , probably due to my heavy foot over the years , but its still silent enough to enjoy long trips .. however that might change because as we speak a bigger Downpipe is being installed on it and the catalyst is saying its goodbyes .... not...

Update !! Switched back to ZIC XQ 5W40 and now second day , no smoke no vibrations , no issues ... i still cant explain this .. Both Castrol Magnatec 5w40 and Zic XQ 5w40 // same grade , meets same standards .. both new (not expired or such) , Yet the castrol thats supposed to be a superior...

ermm only engine swap i know of on a similar vehicle to mine is either a JZ1 or a JZ2 from a toyota supra ... however the supra was never introduced to the market in my country so its not exactly available .. also such a swap will require that i disable the 4x4 option and since its going to be...

went to a mechanic and he brought up another possibility ... Valve seal , i looked them up and they were those small rubber like parts that werent expensive and i was happy .. then he told me that they had to take apart the engine and its components and theres a high chance for failure in the...

I experimented a little on my car not long ago and i concluded that the tubro and the intake have no affect on the smoke at the rear ... i also noticed that i get mixed black and white smoke if i rev the engine from 1k to 4k at once while i get very little amounts of white smoke if i let it rev...

Its possible that i overfilled because the engine was not cold when i top it so the reading on the scale probably wasnt accurate at the time , as for the turbo i did manage to find oil inside the turbo and a litte inside the air filter pipe ... a friend said it could be a bad head gasket , i...

ermm didnt notice any drop in coolant amount , engine oil however is running out at a high pace due to burning ... as to the oil grade well its an issue , you see the experts on my car model said to use oils that meet the API CI4 standard which is supposed to be a high standard and ive looked...

So it seems my car wishes to be a drama queen this month and along the list of issues a serious one popped out .. Ive got heavy gray/white smoke coming out of the exhaust , like a cloud .. started two days ago on start up some white smoke came out and then it was gone , but this morning once i...