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Offline stokie_90

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turbo whistle
« on: 12 October 2010, 08:04 »
i hve got a mk4 gt tdi (130bhp) and ever since i have owned this car the turbo has always sounded like it whistles and whooshes, i thought this was a normal thing lol but reading other peoples turbo trouble im gettin paranoid !
does anybody elses turbo diesel do this ?
thanks  :smiley:
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Offline Dec

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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #1 on: 12 October 2010, 12:56 »
My Audi does to a certain extent, as do all cars with a turbo I think, depends how loud it is and when its doing it. What mileage is the car on?
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Offline Peej1981

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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #2 on: 12 October 2010, 13:36 »
Vw's Audi's and Seat's all have quiet loud turbos, not sure really why??? As Dec said what is the milage on yours? I have a few friends with Audi's, Vw's and Seat's and they all say that their turbos are quiet loud, i have a Alfa Romeo 156 JTD and the turbo on that is no where near as loud as the German ones. I wouldnt worry too much about it unless it is starting to effect the performance.
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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #3 on: 12 October 2010, 14:12 »
I have noticed that my Audi seems to have a quieter engine than earlier (mk4/early mk5's) but the turbo noise seems to be the same across the board. There are a lot quieter engines about as above, but others (vauxhalls :tongue:) seem to be louder.

Mileage can play a part, however the life of a turbo seems to depend a lot on how its been looked after over its life, as some Audi's on the audi forum have gone at very low mileage, whereas others last a lot longer. Hopeing to get another 30-40k out of mine before I have to worry about that :tongue:
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Offline stokie_90

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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #4 on: 12 October 2010, 19:44 »
yeah its not a bad noise its just a nice whistle, was just worried because ive heard stories of other ppls turbo going on them, mine is the 130bhp model and its been remapped to around 160bhp and the performance is still bang on, no loss in power anywhere. and its got 168K on the clock, with a ull service history from vw and audi, and ive got a reciept in the book saying the turbo has already been changed at 1 point in the past im just paranoid   :laugh: thanks for the replys  :smiley:
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Offline Chris-White

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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #5 on: 13 October 2010, 00:54 »
Quote from: Peej1981 on 12 October 2010, 13:36
Vw's Audi's and Seat's all have quiet loud turbos,

eh?  :laugh:
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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #6 on: 13 October 2010, 01:04 »
Quote from: Chris-White on 13 October 2010, 00:54
Quote from: Peej1981 on 12 October 2010, 13:36
Vw's Audi's and Seat's all have quiet loud turbos,

eh?  :laugh:

Yeah I thought the same thing  :grin: :grin: :grin:
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Offline jamie_pyrite

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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #7 on: 13 October 2010, 03:33 »
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Offline Dec

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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #8 on: 13 October 2010, 06:49 »
Think he would have meant 'quite' rather than 'quiet' :P
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Offline DON_GEOVANI

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Re: turbo whistle
« Reply #9 on: 25 October 2010, 13:10 »
iv recently purchased a pd130 2002 with 62,000 on the clock and it makes a whooshing noise, like a spraying noise but i assumed that was the turbo, i think it sounds good!
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