New To The Stag

[fishola]

Hi all, picked up our 01 m35 last weekend.While we love the car for its size(have kids) and looks, have had a few issues stopping me from seeing what the car is really like(if you know what i mean).

Firstly the exhaust had a blockage and a leak so had the 4 tonne boat anchor taken out and replaced. But the turbo would appear to be having issues,it whistles quite loudly(i am comparing this to my subaru i just got out of)but also sounds like it has a slight leak.My mechanic checked it out and it has no leaks so this week he is going to check the turbo,seems to think that the compressor is rubbing on the housing (i think thats what he said lol) has anyone had to deal with this before any help would be appreciated.

Anyway great forum with heaps of info

this is her, i will give it a good clean and polish this weekend

[Aegats]

Looks very good, do you mind me asking where you go it from?

I´m still on the hunt for mine.

[fishola]

All imports Sydney just make sure you check it out before you do anything there

[Aegats]

Ahh if its the one, I´m thinking I had a look at it earlier.

All the Stageas I´ve driven you can hear the whistling of the turbo, but the other members will let you know it thats normal.

The silver does look good.

[bigkevracer]

Mine is the same with the whistle. I was told it was a sign the turbo was out of balance, but all of them seem to be like that.

I think it's just inevitable that you'll have to replace the turbo, but the whistle isn't automatically the sign.

Oh and exhaust out is great, just make sure you do the dump pipe too! There are a few options now depending where you are. Scotty on here does them, and AM Performance in Adelaide do them. These seem to be the proven options.

[slippylotion]

Yep they all make a whistle sound when producing boost just like the RB's do.

Looks nice and clean, enjoy.

[Daleo]

Congrats on the new purchase, looks good.

The turbo on these is quite noisy anyway, so you may not necesssarily have an issue, but it might be worth getting your mechanic to check out the oil feed banjo bolt to the turbo, while he's poking around; to check for blockage. If you've freed up a blocked exhaust; you're probably getting proper boost now, hence the extra noise.

My turbo has been noisy since I bought it, and 45000km later still going strong; not any noisier, but I did pull the banjo out and drill it to 2mm.

Best of luck, and enjoy the new toy.

Cheers, Dale

[scotty nm35]

I have a stock turbo here thats nearly silent so the noise could be either the front wheel rubbing (turbo is flogged) or usually its the rear bearing on its way out (like Dale said, drill the banjo restrictor out) Dont stress, it could last years like that if it has a good oil supply.

Changeing the T3 manifold gasket with a new oem one could be a good idea too, its a pain to get in to though.

[fishola]

Thanks for the info guys she goes into the mechanic on wed so hopefully all is well and I can drive it without worrying if I'm going to do any damage anymore

[barnze]

These all have a loud whistle, mine does and i have test driven loads of them with all the same load whistle, a turbo upgrade would be the way to go if you need it but these ones run fine on factory 14psi. I ripped out my factory exhust and replaced with 3'' big bore but had change the rear muff as it was just too loud for us on long trips.

[scotty nm35]

As I have stated before, this is probably the main reason for the original Japanese owners got rid of their cars at auction. The repair bill for a replacement turbo fitted from nissan would cost more than the car is worth over there.

My turbo had a fairly loud whistle when I got it. I highflowed that one before it blew but the stock one I have here is nearly silent. After dissasembly all I could find wrong with my original was the rear bearing was contaminated with dirty burnt oil and exhaust particles. All you can do in this case is increase the oil supply and hope it doesn't fail soon.

[fishola]

Well I will pick it up from the mechanics soon an apparently the turbo is perfect and everything seems fine so I just have a noisy turbo. Just not used to it being loud after having the quiet turbo in the Subaru.So it now needs a service for new plugs and an injector clean so I'm of to a great start with the car but at least there is nothing major stuffed on it fingers crossed

Edited November 16, 2011 by fishola

[zei20l]

mines been noisy for 40+k since ive owned it and its still going............. for now lol

[scotty nm35]

How did he check the turbo, did he remove it? And now the injectors need cleaning?

Are you sure it needs all this preventative maintenance?

[fishola]

When you put the foot down it boosts up then stutters like its missing,not all the time only when you give it a bit and fuel consumption is crap its used half a tank and done 170ks and that's driving like a granny. I generally get all our cars serviced not long after buying them any way plus our mechanic has only charged me for a air filter and he has had the car twice in the first week since we have had it.

Not sure how he checked it but he said its fine and I trust him he has been our mechanic for years and dealt with plenty of turbos with the rally cars he has had over the years

Edited November 16, 2011 by fishola

[Daleo]

When you put the foot down it boosts up then stutters like its missing,not all the time only when you give it a bit and fuel consumption is crap its used half a tank and done 170ks and that's driving like a granny. I generally get all our cars serviced not long after buying them any way plus our mechanic has only charged me for a air filter and he has had the car twice in the first week since we have had it.

Not sure how he checked it but he said its fine and I trust him he has been our mechanic for years and dealt with plenty of turbos with the rally cars he has had over the years

I'd also be looking at the O2 sensor.

[Grungle]

Mine did the same thing when I got - ended up being a couple of coil packs. About $1000 to replace all 6.