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Re: Robbo,s WORK/ welding Chaos
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The sill

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Re: Robbo,s WORK/ welding Chaos
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Weld-done!

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That's quite a bit of work - must have struggled to get through last MOT?

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i`d undercoat the bstrd in bitumen i`m afraid, no way, couldn`t be doing with that every year no

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Re: Robbo,s WORK/ Focus Turbo Madness
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Had a Focus Diesel 1.6 Sigma in today

WARNING TO YOU ALL NOT TO BY A NEW DIESEL FOCUS WITH ANY SIGMA ENGINE (THERE CRAP) Nothing but oil leaks and engine failures

Back to the point this car has had 2 turbo's so far and now this 1 has gone all together. What has happened is the 6mm nut has come off the end of the outer turbo turbine and its travelled its way though the hole Turbo intercooling system and then Though inlet inducton intake and made its way into the engine DOING SOME NICE DAMAGE

Engine knocking and clunking its head off

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Strip down

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1 thing that is good with the sigma engine is the two top cams are built into its own cover part of the engine

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Re: Robbo,s WORK/ Focus Turbo Madness
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Total mess

All down to a nut from the turbo

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oshocked couldnt you try and claim from the warrentee from the new turbo? as thats got to be a manufacturing fault?!

shocking,i did a clutch on the 1.9 c-max the other day, easy had it done in 4 hours. enjoyable as everything was easy to get to.

Re: Robbo,s WORK/ Focus Turbo Madness
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I Felling that the oil pump is to blame as it has not got enough oil psi to feed to the turbo to the sepecs its needing

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Is that swarf in the head? Was the nut still in there or disintegrated?

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What i found in the sump


Number 2 big end bearing in the sump blocking the oil PICK UP PIPE

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