Twin Turbo removal - pictures

[Wav]

Originally posted by mattmaclennan
Use new oil gaskets all round. Defo change the intake gasket! If you didn\'t mention it before, it\'s always a good idea to mark the steering joints before disconecting them. If you have an engine crane handy, you can get a lot better access by raising the engine a few inches.

My 2p

Top man for the pics!

Very good advice from the main man Matt, the oil drain gaskets tend to leak unless you use new "springy" mazda gaskets and don\'t over torque them:)

Great pics, but I\'d defintely take the engine out completely if I were to do this job, especially if changing the LIM gasket. Just for ease of access, minimising chances of rounding off bolts and allows you to put it all back together correctly. I managed to remove an FD engine in under 5 hours at the weekend:cool Bet Matt and the gang can do it much quicker than that though:D However I guess it is only really an option if you have a nice big garage and all the tools at hand to remove it in the first place.

good work and best of luck getting it all back together,

Paul:)

P.S. Matt what is the minimum you can get away with removing in order to lift the engine up by a couple of inches to gain easier access to the turbos?

[mattmaclennan]

If you take the nuts off the engine mounts from underneath the car, you should have a bit of movement, but I\'d be careful with the oil cooler and aircon pipes, without having an engine bay infront of me, I can\'t think what else might not have much give in it. It would probably be useful to disconect the hanger for the front pipe from the side of the gear box while your under there.

[TwistedHumour]

A re-bump for old time’s sake!

This is a job I\'m going to end up doing sooner or later!  Is it worth taking the engine out to make it easier and so I can clean/tart the block up a little?

Or is there anything else I can/should do while the turbos are out of the car?

Cheers
Chris

[interloper393]

O im dreading ever having to do this job

[Tintin]

Its actually not that bad to do on the car , hardest part when I did mine was getting the down pipe off and out of the way , ended up having to lift the engine a bit coz mines got a big fat downpipe , stock one should be easier

Good luck

[gmogle]

Brilliant pics and write up, cant believe I missed this. Oh I didnt actually have an RX when this was done.

[TwistedHumour]

Could we have this as a sticky in the tech section please mods?

[needham]

Hi GUYS!!!!!

Can you help, Im going to replace the turbo manafold thing LOL tommorrow, already got a replacement, and kind of know what to do but just wanted to see if anyone has some advice for me.....

[interloper393]

Hi GUYS!!!!!

Can you help, Im going to replace the turbo manafold thing LOL tommorrow, already got a replacement, and kind of know what to do but just wanted to see if anyone has some advice for me.....

put aside the whole day lol, if things are rusty or hard to undo its a pig of a job.. if you can remove alot of it tonite and plaster the nuts in wd40, tomoz should be alot easyer lol..

[needham]

thanks, hopefully will be ok, engine was rebuitl 8 k ago, so i hope they are not as tight as say 13 years worth of tightness, LOL, Just hope i dont break here LOL

[Jit]

i find doing any work on that side of the engine is easier if i lift the engine up off its mounts about an inch or two....
done be alarmed if the nuts come out with their studs, thats common.
Run a die of the threads on the new manifold and a tap down the holes for 2 long bolts to clean up the threads as well as itll make the torquing down a lot easier.
You may as well replace some of the gaskets while you are down there if youve got the budget especially the 2 turbo-manifold ones to save evr having to do it again.

[needham]

Thank you very much, will get new ones before i start...

[Jit]

haha...you might decide not to get new gaskets when you see the price of some of them!

[needham]

not a major issue just hope they arnt ,more than 100 each
 
 l ol

[Jit]

nah nowhere near hat...i think the block to manifold gaskets are 50 ish each....and the turbo-manifold come to about 100 the pair. Do you know where your getting them from btw as few places will have them in stock...