Eugene

Hi all,

Jus two weeks to go now until my XR6 Turbo UTE arrives, YEAH HAA.

I was wondering how many KM per week/month /year you guys and Girls trael in your XR's, my ute will be used as a company car and will travle about 1100km per week, every week, and I am hoping the running costs arnt going to hurt too much, my current car, AU futura is 3.5years old and has 211,000km on it, it has been CHEAP CHEAP to run.

Who has the most KM here on a turbo?

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BA XR6 Turbo UTE, Auto, Leather, Sports Bar, Prestige Sound,
EDIT with custom tune, Injectors, APS exhaust, CAI, fuel pump and intercooler etc etc.
305 rwkw and bags full of NM.

PB at 266rwkw 12.71 @113 mph.

intehnet

after long heated drives i'd give the car a chance to idle before shutting it off

the oil will cool down and the turbo will remain lubricated with cooler oil

apart from that, turbo cars consume a small amount of oil (oil lines feed into the turbo to keep it lubricated, some gets into the compression housing and gets combusted) so on long drives make sure you check your oil...


can't comment on running costs as i don't have XR6T... Yet :)

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Turbo 4WD motorkhana weapon

Wanting XR6T daily driver!

Jamie XR6

Be prepared to own shares in a petrol station. They love the juice.

As for letting the car idle, there is no need. If you are stopping after spirited driving, the turbo will get all the cooling it needs by the time it takes you to come to a stop. The turbo is really only working when you first put your foot down.

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Eugene

Hi all,

My question was not one so much on the way to look after a turbo car, I am a heavy diesel mechanic and mechanical engineer with over 18 years or experience building, running and maintaining turbo engines.

It was more of a general question of how many km's do you Guys and Girls average a week.

I have a company fuel card so I don’t care how much fuel it uses

thanks anyway.

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BA XR6 Turbo UTE, Auto, Leather, Sports Bar, Prestige Sound,
EDIT with custom tune, Injectors, APS exhaust, CAI, fuel pump and intercooler etc etc.
305 rwkw and bags full of NM.

PB at 266rwkw 12.71 @113 mph.

ianmcginley

I've got a BA XR6 NA and I do about 600 - 800 city km a week, which is about 2 tanks of fuel a week.

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AU II XR6 - October 2001 ~ December 2002 - RIP
BA XR6 - December 2002 ~ Soon to disappear if Ford CRC can't fix it....

45,000km service coming up - and i'll be asking for a sizable list of fixes:
* Gearbox (3rd time)
* Steering click (5th time)
* Brake Shudder (2nd time, and has the applied "Fix")
* etc...

Knight

i do 600 - 900 a week.
its thirsty
almost double my EF

xlr8ed

my car is 4 months old and ive done 23,000klms...and still cant get enough of this...

jeff

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and 2002 Ba xr6 turbo,white,6 SPEED manual,gt wing,APS II,dvd+3 screens,19" wheels.278 rwkws

rod

my Ute travel around 500Kms & four 1/4s lol

regards
rod

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My BA GT was purchased 2/5/03 and has 19,000 kays on it.
Cheers Alex.

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Wizard

hey guys..
i know Hurricane = Turbo6i = Knight has been banned
but
Knight
Holden Lover???
Thats low!

kick a man when he's down? ! lame.