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I had the exact same thing happen - sheered off the banjo bolt while attempting to torque to manual setting. Everyone I talked to said that was way too much torque for a banjo bolt. So, when I got the replacement, I just torqued it by hand and not that much - maybe 10 - 15 lbs? I have been...

I just did the BAS Tune. It was super easy. Unfortunately other issues are now keeping me from running the vehicle right now. Nothing related to the BAS Tune (fairly sure anyway). On the first test drive, I burst a turbo boost hose. Patched up the turbo boost hose with a PVC pipe sleeve and a...

I just had to install a new set of boost hoses on my 2.4 Puma. I bought a set of the Allisport Blue Silicone Boost Hoses to replace the damaged original hoses. The Inter-Cooler to Intake Manifold side went in fine - no problems. However the Turbo to Inter-Cooler side is giving trouble. I got...

Has anyone installed a catch can on their 2.4 Puma engine? Does anyone know of a good quality kit? Last week, I had to patch a blown turbo boost hose until the replacement arrived. When the replacement arrived today, I took out the patched hose and found a surprising amount of oil in the hose...

I am looking at them as a possibility right now. They should be super easy to fit - they just plug into the OBD connector in the fuse box, re-program the ECU and then unplug. Your post is from a while back, did you end up buying one? I would be interested to hear how it has worked for you?

So - in case anyone is curious how this turned out... I cleaned up the EGR valve with brake cleaner, removed the control unit (pry the tabs up on the retainer and pull it apart). I found some carbon build up inside the control unit which I am sure isn't supposed to be there, cleaned that up...

Basically I think that it self-bled. I did crack the injector lines until I saw some fuel coming out - just to make sure fuel was actually making it up to the rail. But then tightened everything up and had to crank the engine a ton until it finally caught. This took longer than I thought it...

I have been working on my 2008 2.4 Puma tracking down a bunch of problems. Cleaned the injector seats and installed new injector seals, re-built the turbo, replaced the glow plug system, cleaned up the intake manifold. Finally got it all back together and got it started but when I scanned it, it...

Got the fuel bleed, got her to start up. Now dealing with a stuck EGR valve...

Thanks for the information. The diagram isn't very clear - but I get the idea. Yeah - it doesn't seem like it would do much more than what I already did. I will probably order one eventually just to see. I will get back over to the shop on Saturday and give it another try. Hopefully get her...

Ok - that sounds good. I made it over to the shop yesterday afternoon with a dinghy fuel line and tested out it's ability to bleed the low pressure side of the fuel system. It worked well except that I lost some of the prime between the time I unplugged the dinghy fuel line and got the fitting...

Good to hear! I will get over to the shop later today and see what I can do there. I really want to see if all my work on cleaning up injectors and such pays off!

Thank you for the reply. Yes - I have been very careful not to get the injectors mixed up - unless someone came into the shop and shuffled them while I wasn't looking we should be good there. I saw your post about bleeding the low pressure side and am trying to figure out how I can get that...

Thank you for your help and the files from the service manual. So - I did pull the breather hose and it seemed to be fine. I also pulled the valve cover and cleaned up the valve. Nothing seemed to be terribly amiss there either. The turbo was making a strange sound just before I took the...

I think I am in need of bleeding my fuel system. I had the injectors and hard fuel lines out for cleaning and had the fuel system open for about two weeks since I couldn't find the time to do it all right away. I believe that the fuel may have drained back to the tank after that amount of time...