This week I am back from Kangaroo Island. I took the XR6T and she burned 3 litres of oil, and the engine completely shut down twice! I’m especially pissed as I never revved it past 4.5 grand and didn’t speed. For those of you who have driven in South Australia, you know how anal they are about speeding. Not to mention the locals that sit on 65 in a 100 zone! So for most of the trip (except the occaisonal section of twisties) the cruise control was set to the speed limit.

After taking it to City Ford in Melbourne for a check up, they reckon a solenoid in the turbo was stuffed. I don’t get what this solenoid is or what it does though.

So I am putting out these questions, what does it do? What causes it to stuff up (shitty parts, giving it a caning etc)? Has it happened to anyone else with a BA Mark II Turbo?

Hopefully it’s all good and it’s not too big a problem. It seems to be running fine now.