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Old 12 October 2006, 12:05 PM
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Hi need a bit of advice drivin about today accelerating hard through the gears when all of a sudden a loud kind of whinning noise from the engine sounds a bit like a jet engine so i slowed down to standstill and when reving the engine the sound is very faint but when drivin and building boost the noise is a lot louder also slight loss in power car is 01 p1 thanks ...

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Old 12 October 2006, 12:09 PM
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Hi need a bit of advice drivin about today accelerating hard through the gears when all of a sudden a loud kind of whinning noise from the engine sounds a bit like a jet engine so i slowed down to standstill and when reving the engine the sound is very faint but when drivin and building boost the noise is a lot louder also slight loss in power car is 01 p1 thanks ...
have you checked over the pipe work to the turbo, intercooler etc....
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yes and all looks fine
Old 12 October 2006, 12:18 PM
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Any smoke on start up?

Do you have a boost gauge? If so is it boosting to the correct psi/bar?
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sorry no boost gauge and no smoke
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Is it a metallic noise or air whooshing?
Probably worth getting somebody to have a look at it.
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