Turbo is sick

[MARKY70RRR]

well wot can i say but thanks to all for good advice,when we next meet brews are on me wohoo lol,clamped actuator open and shut and the turbo went to 12 psi which is better than 9 psi.so gonna check ipd cv cant believe it could be wrong cheers yosser and hopefully buy an actuator from somewhere if anyone knows where from and also replace some pipe work.spoke to turbo technics and the guy said theyve never sold an 18t for my car,that got me thinkin,it could well be turbine but am doubtin it more and more,for them to say that cant believe it hope im not the first eh,cheers everyone its made me feel a bit better yesterday put myself on suicide watch lol

[Enigma666]

Happy days mate
12 psi is certainly better but still not right
You should be looking for closer to 17psi in the end (I would think based on my T4 anyway)
Looks like it's not the turbo though, not gonna suddenly flow 12psi if it was at fault

[MARKY70RRR]

cheers chris could be actuator need settin up maybe and ipd control valve,fingers crossed

[Enigma666]

Yes mate, fingers crossed, at least you have a standard BCS to swap with the IPD to check actuator should only be a 10 minute job too

[MARKY70RRR]

two hours im doin it lol

[Enigma666]

Lol you are adjusting the actuator and wastegate mate? should be fun then it's really straight forward mate, just take your time

[MARKY70RRR]

where can i get new actuator from and yes if i can boost up to 17 psi then i will but not gettin too giddy,not yet anyway

[Enigma666]

actuators sadly only come on the turbos themselves from volvo....perhaps scour ebay for a broken one? Not sure what pressures the actuators are set to and I suppose you could always go aftermarket or possibly try that JAWarehouse see if they have any.

[MARKY70RRR]

surely must do new parts for them then

[Enigma666]

Sometimes mate, not 100% sure, never checked them. If all else fails you could go aftermarket like the ones from the Garretts or something

[MARKY70RRR]

tell me more plz

[Enigma666]

Well, if someone is wanting to hold more boost through a turbo than the standard actuator can provide then you go for an uprated one, HKS, Greddy, Garrett etc, you can then knock up a custom mount and fit that....be careful though as you don't want too strong an actuator as the arm will not open at all and you will kill the turbo double quick

[MARKY70RRR]

gonna phone rufe tomoz but gonna try ipd valve first that yosser pointed out,top man a good read if it is this wont believe it ,the more i read things n stuff the more i think not turbine fingers crossed,if i bought a standard actuator how much boost could you get out of it

[Enigma666]

Rufe will tell you they come as part of the turbo mate, but definitely worth a shot...you never know

Not sure about the OEM actuators tbh

[PNuT]

forge motorsports would be my choice to contact, they make various actuators for td04 turbos on scoobys & also some saab models which may well fit.....