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Postby Ray Austin » Sat May 07, 2022 5:40 pm

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Our turbo on our 2015 lwb mark went pop yesterday. What a nightmare to get offthe turbo, have a turbo to replace it.

Are at the stage of trying to remove the bolts on the manifold everything was seized. Never known a vehicle where everybolts is so tight and seized had to cut the head of the bolts.

How would you now remove the studs?
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Re: Turbo

Postby metalworker0 » Sat May 07, 2022 6:40 pm

see my post here for the tools:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=214965

if you still fail then you'll be welding nuts on them, the heat generated by the welding often makes it happen even better.

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Re: Turbo

Postby Ray Austin » Sat May 07, 2022 7:36 pm

The one stud I have 2 nuts on but the other stud we cant get any nuts so may to try welding a nut onto. Have heated the area with a blow torch and then plenty on penetrating oil. Dont want to snap off the stud which may mean taking of the manifold with those bolts as well. On our old mark 6 when we put a replacement engine in a number of years ago never had a problem with very tight and seized nuts and bolts.
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Re: Turbo

Postby dumper » Sat May 07, 2022 7:57 pm

If you have enough threads left on the studs to screw two nuts on then if you lock them together by tighten then together the use the spanner on the inside nut to undo the stud .you can also get a tool that goes over the stud and lamps on to the and as you turn it screws the stud out.
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Re: Turbo

Postby Sam123 » Sat May 07, 2022 10:15 pm

I had the exact same issue when I swapped my turbo on the same engine. I snapped the stud about halfway along its length. I tried all sorts to get the stud out of the manifold, including welding nuts on. But I couldn’t do it, it wasn’t budging. So I had to replace the manifold with a second hand part.

Sorry to say it, but you should probably not bother wasting time like I did trying to get the stud out, and just crack on with sourcing a replacement manifold. It’s a bit of a fiddle to change the manifold as well - the bolts to the EGR cooler are tricky to get at.

I’ll bet you won’t get the stud out, but if you do manage it let us know how you did it.
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Re: Turbo

Postby Ray Austin » Sun May 08, 2022 7:48 am

I had thought off that but it then trying to get more bolts to loosen with may get stuck in the head this time. Going to buy a sprinter next time.
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Re: Turbo

Postby V184 » Sun May 08, 2022 10:43 am

Is it not easier to take the manifold off to change the turbo ?
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Re: Turbo

Postby Ray Austin » Sun May 08, 2022 1:14 pm

V184 wrote:Is it not easier to take the manifold off to change the turbo ?


We are taking off the manifold now what a ******** nightmare. Still have one bolts which we cant find.
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Re: Turbo

Postby Ray Austin » Sun May 08, 2022 3:59 pm

Does anyone know if there should be a gasket between the exhaust manifold and the AGR at the back of the head and between the turbo and the manifold, there was none as we took it apart.
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Re: Turbo

Postby mcbutler » Wed May 11, 2022 10:54 am

The more you read about the MK8 transit the more you realise what a shite vehicle it is I habe a jumbo 2014 with only 100k on it and its a total dog, my mates water company uses them, one 2016 van has had two new engines in one year at around £8k a shot, first one overheating - ford couldnt fix it!!!!! second one broke the crank after 9 months and fard just said 'you abused it and we wont honour the warranty'....
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