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Haven't heard to much bad about the 2006 and onwards bravo and rangers / couriers but from 98-06 the bravo/courier 2.5 turbo diesel has a few problems They chew glow plugs Prone to cracking the head Generally just run a bit too hot The 2wd box is weak as shit an generally blows 5th gear And the 4wd blow diffs fairly easily My 2 c I'm not a fan of the great walls although I've herd good and bad but i wouldn't tell someone not to buy one if they wanted one

U preety much solved ur own problem bud . Change the O2 sensor

The courier is 2x4 And the bravo is 4x4 int not constant awd or anything just Low and high range etc I've been looking at it a lot today only things I can see that may be an issue is the torsion setup on the courie is slightly different but sits in the exact same position on both vehicles . And the gear box crossmember sits in a different position which is easily over come

As above I have a 2001 2wd ford courier and a mate has a written off bravo 4wd ute it's an 03 or 04 model but practicly the same .same engine etc but it's 4wd turbo diesel not 2wd . My question is I know the courier is a bravo rebadged but are the 4wd and 2wd chassis the same ? Can I make my 2wd courier a 4wd? I have looked and everything looks pretty I identicle A couple of engine differences but I'm not interested in the bravo engine. I wanna bolt my engine to the 4wd box then bolt it in my car ? Would the ecus be different ? Any much appreciated Cheers

Do this ^^^^^ if u can hook up a consult an run for errors that would help aswell Does the car blow much greyish smoke on boost or under WOT Try spraying butane gas or aero start around ur silicone hoses and vacuume lines while it's running . if there is a leak the idle will pick up when u spray round the leak

Very good idea I wanna build mine aswell... So there could be a lot of helpful info Top work mate

My car with the same mods as made just over 190 rwkw Stock with exhaust and cooler and 12psi and stock turbo it made 150rwkw mate . U may have a restriction somewhere Try dropping the cat and see if it's still good and not collapsed ? Do a compression test ur motor may just be worn out Is ur car automatic? Autos will have less power due to power loss through more transmission If its manual how old is the clutch There are a few places to start

Do a search mate not long ago there was a thread started for this I think it's in this section Can't rennet exactly wat separates the two but pretty sure gas something to do with hot wire and sticker alignment on the side

What's been happening mate any up dates

Ohhhhhhh shit my bad hahahah I'm not perfect ;-)

Very entertaining mate goo luck with it also don't take to much offence to the lads on here at the end of the day majority of them DO know what there on about they just get fed up with explaining 7 different ways lol

Couldnt u just get the piping modified ? I would take clutch fan over thermo any day of the week IMO

Funny u should say that Blake my tomie one makes funny noises when primeing aswell But has always held pressure

Very nice build mate will be looking forward to more :-)

Hey Blake there is a member on here his name is kristafa I think he has a black BMW 318i that he put a 26 into when I spoke to him he seem to be in the know of dos and donts with the conversion Not relevant to the post but in general still usefull to u

I know of a few vl commos that do this One key unlocks doors but wont start it and vice verca

Not sure mate I just no there is one on one of the engines shoot me ur number and I'll send u a pic if u like

I have a balancer chris And Ian I'll MSG u soon

Ok turbo is a vj33 ihi unit they put the vnt unit on the ranger bt50 2.5 common rails This morning checked car again been busy with my business shite And when I looked at turbo there was a lil puddle of oil in the exhaust housing so am pretty much sure seals are gone When I start it . It won't rev past 3 k without becoming retarded coughing smoke an not wanting to rev any more is this a common thing when seals go ? I've had seals petrol turbo cars and they just blow white smoke constantly Mine only really does it a 3k so that's why I'm a lil hesitant to rip the turbo off just yet I took the intake pipe fans seem ok no play at all but is a lil hard to spin Also when I took the hot ic pipe off and revved the car still did the same thing ???? Also turbo seems to suck and blow fine Is there a way I can test the injector pump ? I bypassed the filter to make sure it wasn't that But as for the pump itself I dunno how to check it Also did a air leak test and didn't have any I could find So yeah really needing advice right now hahah Cheers again

Should put this in forced induction But they may have had issues with te bov leaking and yet took it of What turbo ? What boost etc?

Yeah cas or igniter most probably cas

Not sure I googled it but not much came up ? Why is that ?

Yeah I would say its ur Cas aswell It has to be a series 1 rb 25 Cas to work

Alright time for an update Been busy getting stuffed around for work Ok new problem has arose to add to my woes hahaha Yesterday was driving home on the highway and the car started surging pretty bad ad losing power like it was a non turbo with effed rings Also why it's surging it loses all boost and coughs up blueish smoke ? I thought the Turbo may have given so I pulled the dump off to check the seals and wheels and all seems good I have suspected my rear muffler is on its way out because it's always had a rattle from the back of the car like someone is shaking some m12 bolts in a milo tin I'm about to drop the muffler and see if that makes it any better ? Would a collapsed muffler cause these symptoms? I personally don't thinks so but yeh If not I will comp test engine and do a air leak test Anybody no how to run these cars for errors?

Where!!!!????