Ford/Jaguar Group Turbo Changes (May 24, 2006)

There have recently been some changes to Ford group turbos which may lead to problems with future Service Replacements. This bulletin is issued to help avoid these problems.

The compressor inlets on these turbos have been modified to include a bead, to make the inlet hose fit more securely onto the turbo. See the drawings below:

Please note that these drawings show a typical turbo from this group, not a specific part number.

Whilst this is a very minor change, both Ford and our own applications engineers insist that the new turbos are NOT designed to be directly interchangeable with the older non-beaded type. The inlet hose has also been modified to suit this change. The hoses are made from hard plastic and the older type hose will not fit onto the new compressor inlet with a bead.

To ensure that you supply the correct turbo to your customer, you will need to find out the exact application and either supply the turbo with a new hose (sourced by yourselves locally) or advise your customer to fit a new hose from the Ford or Jaguar dealer.

The table below shows the turbo part numbers affected by this change with their applications. You will notice that in some cases, the same part number is used on different applications. For this reason, it is not possible for us to include a new hose with the turbo – you must find out exactly which application your customer has ordered the turbo for, and then supply the turbo with the correct hose.

Trevor Cass
Product Support Engineer
Honeywell Turbo Technologies