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ROZER
Sunday 14th October 2012, 17:47
http://s1144.photobucket.com/albums/o493/clarksonlauren/?action=view&current=video-2012-10-14-14-11-11.mp4For a while i have thought my actuator was faulty so i found one on ebay for £15. took old one off and it was faulty like i thought, put the ebay one on the car set her up to 4.4psi on the rod took her out for a drive i feel like i have a sorted t5 at last power everywhere the pick up is unbelievable. this got me thinking as my car is a p2 how many t5s out there like the 850s the p1 with this problem i would take it off the car and check. this feels better than my stage 2 rica ever did

graemewelch
Sunday 14th October 2012, 20:53
Dont you have a rica stg anymore. I keep thinking about getting a forge one

ROZER
Sunday 14th October 2012, 22:54
Dont you have a rica stg anymore. I keep thinking about getting a forge one

yes i still have the rica stage 2 .i did look for a forge actuator but they dont do one for my car so i had to get second hand take a chance and i was lucky but i was looking on ebay for a while if i was you i would get the forge i think they do one for yor car with it being 2005 .

graemewelch
Monday 15th October 2012, 00:46
Isnt your car a 2.4. I always thought it was for some reason

silverhorse
Monday 15th October 2012, 08:41
I am still learning about my car (V70 T5 2005) What is this actuator? What does it do? How did the fault make itself known? And what is a forge actuator?
Thats enough questions for now!!

ROZER
Monday 15th October 2012, 12:12
Isnt your car a 2.4. I always thought it was for some reason

no mate mines older than yours i have the 2.3 t5 on a 53plate