@Tourershine here’s a saying of my sister’s worrying about tomorrow spoils today, Relax and enjoy your holiday.
John.
John.
Tale of woe
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Enjoy your holiday and fingers crossed for you.
I'm sure everyone is gagging to know the final episode of 'tales of woe'
So... I returned from my holidays in my very comfortable and extremely reliable Fiat engined Motorhome on Friday with great expectations of my newly fixed T6 and just couldn't wait whilst unpacking my stuff and cleaning the Motorhome. I had to jump into the T6 and take it for a blast to make sure all was fine.
Well it wasn't
Instantly I could hear an exhaust leak and the Black smoke bellowing out of the rear and the engine bay when you blipped the throttle was a very disheartening sight.
Long story, short. I discovered a leak from the clamp that holds the Cat to the Turbo and that's because the special clamps Volkswagen use and only designed to be used once, then replaced. So back on the ramp she went, where I did the rest of the work myself because my tech was on his holiday now. A new clamp and gasket fitted and fired her up, only to feel my stomach drop as the dreaded Black smoke was still booming out of the rear of the van.
Now, in the meantime I had a strong suspicion that this was map related, but my map supplier were convinced it wasn't, so to put my mind at ease, I was booked into my good chums at Transporter HQ today, where they removed the map and what would you know, it's totally fixed. Literally the first turn of the key and zero smoke.
I have no idea how or why the map was causing this issue, and I don't for 1 second blame the map for any of the issues, but between the original turbo and my replacement that was meant to be exactly the same, the map didn't like something.
Yeah ok, I've lost a bit of grin factor, but if it's a choice of big grins for big power, or smaller grins for a none smoking van, I'm going to opt for no Black smoke every day, especially as I absolutely hate being stuck behind a Black smoke belching pile of dog doo doo when I'm out on the road, I'm loathed if I'm joining that gang of inconsiderate so and so's.
All is now fine and even though this has been weeks of stress and a lot of money, I'm just glad to get it back on the road.
So... I returned from my holidays in my very comfortable and extremely reliable Fiat engined Motorhome on Friday with great expectations of my newly fixed T6 and just couldn't wait whilst unpacking my stuff and cleaning the Motorhome. I had to jump into the T6 and take it for a blast to make sure all was fine.
Well it wasn't
Instantly I could hear an exhaust leak and the Black smoke bellowing out of the rear and the engine bay when you blipped the throttle was a very disheartening sight.
Long story, short. I discovered a leak from the clamp that holds the Cat to the Turbo and that's because the special clamps Volkswagen use and only designed to be used once, then replaced. So back on the ramp she went, where I did the rest of the work myself because my tech was on his holiday now. A new clamp and gasket fitted and fired her up, only to feel my stomach drop as the dreaded Black smoke was still booming out of the rear of the van.
Now, in the meantime I had a strong suspicion that this was map related, but my map supplier were convinced it wasn't, so to put my mind at ease, I was booked into my good chums at Transporter HQ today, where they removed the map and what would you know, it's totally fixed. Literally the first turn of the key and zero smoke.
I have no idea how or why the map was causing this issue, and I don't for 1 second blame the map for any of the issues, but between the original turbo and my replacement that was meant to be exactly the same, the map didn't like something.
Yeah ok, I've lost a bit of grin factor, but if it's a choice of big grins for big power, or smaller grins for a none smoking van, I'm going to opt for no Black smoke every day, especially as I absolutely hate being stuck behind a Black smoke belching pile of dog doo doo when I'm out on the road, I'm loathed if I'm joining that gang of inconsiderate so and so's.
All is now fine and even though this has been weeks of stress and a lot of money, I'm just glad to get it back on the road.
Note to self......map out of question.
Glad it's resolved
Glad it's resolved
To be fair to the map, it has been faultless for 70.000 miles. I just don't think it was compatible with the new turbos and the map company did offer to remap it again for free using the new turbos, but I just want to keep everything standard for the time being.
Glad it’s all sorted.I'm sure everyone is gagging to know the final episode of 'tales of woe'
So... I returned from my holidays in my very comfortable and extremely reliable Fiat engined Motorhome on Friday with great expectations of my newly fixed T6 and just couldn't wait whilst unpacking my stuff and cleaning the Motorhome. I had to jump into the T6 and take it for a blast to make sure all was fine.
Well it wasn't
Instantly I could hear an exhaust leak and the Black smoke bellowing out of the rear and the engine bay when you blipped the throttle was a very disheartening sight.
Long story, short. I discovered a leak from the clamp that holds the Cat to the Turbo and that's because the special clamps Volkswagen use and only designed to be used once, then replaced. So back on the ramp she went, where I did the rest of the work myself because my tech was on his holiday now. A new clamp and gasket fitted and fired her up, only to feel my stomach drop as the dreaded Black smoke was still booming out of the rear of the van.
Now, in the meantime I had a strong suspicion that this was map related, but my map supplier were convinced it wasn't, so to put my mind at ease, I was booked into my good chums at Transporter HQ today, where they removed the map and what would you know, it's totally fixed. Literally the first turn of the key and zero smoke.
I have no idea how or why the map was causing this issue, and I don't for 1 second blame the map for any of the issues, but between the original turbo and my replacement that was meant to be exactly the same, the map didn't like something.
Yeah ok, I've lost a bit of grin factor, but if it's a choice of big grins for big power, or smaller grins for a none smoking van, I'm going to opt for no Black smoke every day, especially as I absolutely hate being stuck behind a Black smoke belching pile of dog doo doo when I'm out on the road, I'm loathed if I'm joining that gang of inconsiderate so and so's.
All is now fine and even though this has been weeks of stress and a lot of money, I'm just glad to get it back on the road.
@Tourershine, I am getting suspicious as this is second time when I am having the same problem as you.
My turbo also blew up and it only happened last Friday night.
I found this inside of my turbo cold side.
And this is what I have flushed out of my intercooler.
Pipework between my turbo and the intercooler also got damaged.
My turbo also blew up and it only happened last Friday night.
I found this inside of my turbo cold side.
And this is what I have flushed out of my intercooler.
Pipework between my turbo and the intercooler also got damaged.
Is that what's left of the impeller? Christ, mine didn't look that bad.
What power is yours?
Yes, my first 2 photos above show my cold side impeller(all of these bits).
My bus is 2016 150PS and I got it remapped to 190PS back in 2017.
Long story short, I have already purchased revised version of turbo (factory brand new unit) last Monday and got it installed myself.
Test drive also performed(2200km = 1367miles)
No oil consumption observed so it appears that my intercooler not only survived but also saved my engine.
I might put up my own thread and explain everything in detail.
My bus is 2016 150PS and I got it remapped to 190PS back in 2017.
Long story short, I have already purchased revised version of turbo (factory brand new unit) last Monday and got it installed myself.
Test drive also performed(2200km = 1367miles)
No oil consumption observed so it appears that my intercooler not only survived but also saved my engine.
I might put up my own thread and explain everything in detail.
Just to link over to another thread .
@RunDSG has apparent 204 turbo failure. Small turbo seized.?
His was mapped as well.
Thread '2017 204ps Bi-Turbo issues - Seized turbo!' 2017 204ps Bi-Turbo issues - Seized turbo!
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@RunDSG has apparent 204 turbo failure. Small turbo seized.?
His was mapped as well.
Thread '2017 204ps Bi-Turbo issues - Seized turbo!' 2017 204ps Bi-Turbo issues - Seized turbo!
.
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