GTSBoy

Meh. I have one of the last of the previous shape RAV4s. It is a transport appliance. We also have a recent previous shape Swift. It is also a transport appliance. There is nothing to love about either of them, even with them being arguably the best-in-class. I'd rather drive my R32 even when it is being bitchy than either of them.

That's pretty much exactly how it's done.

It's not a garnish when it's just part of the bumper bar.

Um.....female pipe threads (BSP, NPT) are always parallel. The taper goes on the male.

Um. What? That's the standard Nissan rear bar. You won't find an aftermarket one with SKYLINE moulded in. You will need a normal GTT bar. Vented bonnets are a dime a dozen on eBay.

Maybe, but unlikely. These particular turbos are intended to be mounted in the stock location.

Great first post.

It really is easy. Just follow the instructions Kiwi gave you.

Yes. Pat yourself on the back.

Has that exercise been running the whole 5 years?

Alright then *champ*. Tell us. How did your idea play out?

Dunno. Never had to think about it.

This person is correct. These people are living in the 1920s.

I would suspect heat soak into the solenoid before all other issues. It sounds like a heat soak issue - the sort of thing that only occurs when you get it hot and then stop the car moving, so there's no cooling air over the suspect part. In this case the solenoid. Of course, it could be just about anything else. When my power steering went (permanently) heavy it was because the O2 sensor heater element burnt up the loom!

They must have had a special tool then. An Allen key with a nice curve/bend in it.

Surely there's room to poke a ball end hex key in there?

I would have agreed with Ben, except that the change is recent and it has apparently never had the shroud. If it was the missing shroud, you would expect the problem to have always been there. That would suggest that it is something else that has changed recently. So, back to my earlier list, starting with the others' thermostat recco.

Oh f**k!

Thanks for clearing that up.

Yeah. It was dumb. Is that the sort of answer you're looking for, or some confirmation bias?

So, it is one of a very few things. Thermostat, as advised above. Radiator compromised. Water pump vanes eroded away. Go forth and apply the logical procedure to work out what is wrong.

Just change the plug on the loom to a suitable Deutsch connector. It's not as if you're ever going to want to revert to a standard module.

Ball, like all RB singles. There is no such thing off the shelf. All Garrett, BW, etc turbos are intended to be MASSIVE upgrades on the shitty 1950s technology that defines the stock Hitachi turbo. No turbo that you will find on eBay from the usual scumbags is worth the $400 they want for them. If you want a good "slight upgrade" replacement, then Hypergear's lowest end highflows are the closest sort of thing you can buy. Oh, and there is no problem buying from HG all the way from the US. You do realise that the world is round, right? And it is therefore possible for planes to fly all the way around? It's amazing what they can do with cardboard boxes these days.

Is it cheap? (As in, is it significantly cheaper than D2 etc?) If so, why is it cheap? Those are the questions.

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