hi guys, i was driving down m1 doing 80 mph. car was running fine, but when i tried to increase speed, nothing was happening, boost gauge was reading just under 0 with my foot down, i stopped, restarted engine, no boost at all. the car is not smoking no knocks, engine light on. its a uk turbo 2000 year 1995 running td04 full decat system, hks ssqv dump valve, , i checked all pipes, everything seems inplace,

took the car out to test it today, i could smell burning oil, n same smell from exhaust, all pipe are where they should be, no split, the rod in the acurator seems in place, am puzzled, could have the turbo died?

thanks guys

 

not sure what the problem, is but at least if the turbo has died you can put the correct tdo5 on that would have been fitted when it left the factory.

 

wud a td05 from a 1996 fit mine?

 

i would check on the turbo side as far as i know all uk models had a td04, imports had a td05 and the import wagon.

 

all pre-facelift uk turbo models including wagons had a tdo5 as standard, only japanese wrx wagons were fitted with a tdo4.

 

you learn something new every day.

i would check that the ecu is the correct one for the turbo then as well.

 

I,m sure mines got a TDo4 and its a 96 UK car

 

uk cars came wid td04 thats y insurance is cheaper than imports, cause its less powerfull

 

just a thought you have a plastic pipe connecting your intercooler to your turbo. it's not split is it ?

 

no they didnt, stick a z4 ecu on uk car you will have the same power as the equivalent import model, as i have already said your car SHOULD have a td05 if it hasn't then it HAS been changed at some point, size of the turbo has nothing to do with insurance.

 

a link here with some more info.

https://www.scoobynet.com/scoobynet-...hat-power.html

 

my94wrx is correct re the turbos.

To Aug 96

- ALL UK cars: top-entry TD05H (front-entry TD04L, thereafter - MY97-00)

- JDM WRX and STi saloon: T.E. TD05H.
- JDM WRX wagon: T.E. TD04L.
- JDM STi wagon: T.E. TD05H... I think?

 

Yash, what MY is yours? If it's a MY97-00 (from Sep 96) then the OEM turbo IS a (front entry) TD04. Does your inlet manifold have a centrally mounted black plastic coilpack on it?

 

Coming back tro your query... If you're convinced that all your hoses are on correct/tight/not split, etc, etc, and you can smell oil, then it does look like it could well be a dead turbo, I'm afraid. Are you getting plumes of white-blue smoke out the exhaust?

A test you can do...

- get car up to temp...
- go for a blast giving it beans (despite the turbo not seemingly giving positive boost)...
- come back and leave to idle for 5 mins...
- boot the throttle...
- is there white-blue smoke out the exhaust? If so, turbo no doubt dead...

 

Here's an idea too (bit of a long shot though)... you defo haven't got a split intercooler?!!! Worth checking over...

 

i can hear a ting ting noise from the turbo when u put my foot down, like metal something, n idle is completely fine, so i thought if there was a split the idle wud have beenn rough aint it? its a my 95 , am gonna buy a td05 fo it then, u guys defo sure it wont kill my car?

 

- Drive it as little as possible and don't try and make the turbo spin very much - be gentle on applying the gas.

- Keep a check on your oil level before and after every journey.

- Don't go on long journeys.

- Take it into a Impreza specialist asap for a second, informed opinion - it might NOT be the turbo and you could be wasting money/time/inconvenienced by going up a blind alley.

 

#...Maybe Joleeei'sa...#

 

Sheesh. Mary Jo Lisa. And it still ain't her f'ing name.

Joz is right Yash. We can't help you, you need someone with their head under your bonnet.

 

THE TING TINGS - THAT'S NOT MY NAME LYRICS

Allegedly.

lol

 

got blue smoke coming out of exhaust today

 

the ting ting noise could be the fins inside turbo,turbo maybe on way out,
also check to see if your actuator is stuck.

 

ordered a td05 today, hopefully gonna be in 2moz. gonna fit it, anything i should be aware of fitting the td05?

 

no it will straight on as long as you have all the water pipes with it, before running the car with the tdo5 on reset the ecu so it re learns to the tdo5

 

wouldn't do any harm either to get new gaskets

 

took turbo out, there loads of oil in it, put the td05 on, its running fine, can feel the lag tho, thanks for all ur help guys , the ecu i got is the 7D is it the corect one for a td05?

 

Did you remove the IC to check if it was filled with oil/cleaned it out? If not, and it does have oil in it, then this won't help with lag issues.

Not sure if the 7D is a "TD05"-based map. Someone will be along soon to tell you (I BET it will be myblackwrx too ). If it ISN'T the appropriate one, then the 6K (or 6U? - forgotten) is the MY96 WRX ECU with 260PS - this one's map seems to work very well...

There is of course the MY96 STi ECU too, which is a TD05 based map with 275PS... not sure of the code? 6U? 7U? 7K? Can't recall TBH...

 

Sorry, forgot you have a UK 2000 ... Those ECU's prob. won't be appropriate due to the more aggressive ign. timing for the original higher-than-95 Jap fuel, at the time (quite apart from a few sensor rewiring anomolies)