Replacing Turbo----Removing Engine?

[Turbo2]

;D

Hi Turbo2 Here,

I'm looking at removeing the engine in my city and doin a bit of work on it.
At first I was originally needed to Replace to blown turbo Unit.
I thought it would be straight foward but it doesn't look that way.
I thought of doing it by removing all the sub-frame and gettin in there that way

But i thought to myself that I'm sure that it would be better to just remove the engine and do a bit of work on it while its out
Like gettin some head work done and bottom-end bearings and other things

Unsure on whats involved and how hard it is to do it looks pretty straight forward would like some advice.

Forgive me if this is a stupid question
But I'm unfamiliar to this so any tips, sugestions and pointers on wat to watch out for would be appreciated...................................


Thank's Turbo2   ;D

[Brendan]

dude stop attacking your . key, what did it ever do to you!   ;D

[Colza]

To get the turbo off to give it to you we had to drop the exhaust out completely and take off the intake manifold, throttle body etc to get at it. I believe getting the exhaust off was the most difficult bit because we had to thread it out past the fuel tank etc. Apart from breaking off a few bolts in the manifold it was all pretty much straight forward, just make sure that you can remember where everything goes back (most of it is obvious).

PM Bigelboe if you want a hand with the engine removal, he sorted out most of my engine swap.

[doggystyle]

you shouldnt need to unbolt the whole thing just bend it at the flexi pipe.. as for all the other stuff(everything), it can be done with the motor still in the car except for mains(athough it can be done but tends to be more trouble than its worth), you dont even need to take your pistons out BUT.. it pays to have at least some knowledge and a torque wrench

[Colza]

Hmmm, flexi pipe? Aint got one of them on mine. Seems to have made our job a little harder than it had to be!

[Turbo2]

Hmmmm Broken a few bolts off tooo  >:(
Damn IT.....

Got exhaust out + Flange + waste-gate but Very difficult to remove bolts on manifold?

Also cant entirely get the Intake Manifold off Wats stopping it? I have removed the thottle body + the injectors but Dont No wats holding it on.
Is it bolt to the Exhaust Manifold Too.?  :-/

Tryed heating the bolts up but still very difficult to remove.

Any ideas.  
Damn it need hydrallic tools  ;D

Turbo2

[doggystyle]

are you sure you got all of the bolts.. try using an impact driver to get the tight ones off otherwise use a 1/2 inch 6pce(not a 12pce or you may round the head) socket and driver with a big long pipe stuck on the end

[Turbo2]

Removed F@@RKT Turbo the other day.  :D
Didn't bother removing intake manifold just work around it but did however remove everthing else in the engine bay.   >:(

Man talk about a mission replacing a turbo in one of these thing's I can't believe i got it done.

Did run in to some problems though   ::)  My Replacment turbo didn't line up 100% with the waste-gate that was already on sooooo.

Had to Bore out the holes and fit some washer's  >:(
Broke drill piece twice and ran them blunt three times trying to cut this Metal.  ::)
Man tha was with a low speed and cuttin fluid tooo.
Man wat kind of steel is this - ?

Repco are bloody Useless man- I went in there asking for a new Turbo gasket and they could even help me. Stuffed me round for 30mins before they told me they'll have to give me a call. Then they didn't even end up callin.
But thats not all they even tryed to sell me the wrong fuel filter aswell IDIOT's  ::)

Ne-way car's back together now and is going great.
Man i missed my boost.....
Hmmmmmmm wat to do next lets see    ;)

Thank for your help and suggestions People.
Turbo2

[Colza]

Jus tryin ta think why the wastegate didnt line up...
Assuming from your name that it IS a Turbo II?
What year? I wasnt aware that they changed the turbo's...
Just checking, this is my old turbo here isnt it?

[JohnT]

Turbo2

You using Cobalt drills? I highly recomend them to you if not - aircraft engineer friend of mine swears by them for rivet removal! Should eat into that steel.

John

[doggystyle]

hows that one bolt around the back of the turbo.. the drivers side one up the top.. bit of a c#**$!&t to get to aye

[Turbo2]

;D
Yes proved to be more of A mission than i'd would have liked it to have been   >:(

But all back together now. Just need to get a tune (running a bit rich) and replace the coil and a CV boot and should be sweet as man.

But running mint at the Mo.  :P
Cheers colza ;D

[hoovermatic]

I replaced a turbo last year. Pulled the motor out to do it too. Once it was all back together I discovered with the extra boost that the clutch was slipping. >:( As I couldn't be bothered taking the motor out again I replaced the clutch with the motor still in place. Only took a couple of hours.

[QikLude]

[quote author=hoovermatic link=board=GEN;num=1065430637;start=0#12 date=11/01/03 at 05:19:20]I replaced a turbo last year. Pulled the motor out to do it too. Once it was all back together I discovered with the extra boost that the clutch was slipping. >:( As I couldn't be bothered taking the motor out again I replaced the clutch with the motor still in place. Only took a couple of hours.[/quote]

yeah was thinking it would be simple to drop gearbox off with motor in place...
glad to know it is

Jw

[hoovermatic]

[quote author=QikLude link=board=GEN;num=1065430637;start=0#13 date=11/02/03 at 20:53:29]

yeah was thinking it would be simple to drop gearbox off with motor in place...
glad to know it is

Jw
[/quote]

Actually, I was too lazy to take the gearbox out so I undid the mounts, wobbled it around a bit and found enough room between the block and bell housing to finnish the job.