Whistling Turbo

[Markturbo]

on my mr2 turbo when you floor it you can hear the turbo whistle up as the power increases is this right as one of mates says he has read when its like that the turbo is on its way out

[DeusMR2]

no offence but your mate knows nothing lol :P its perfectly normal and personally I love listening to it whistle up..specially with the windows down B)

[Funkadelic]

If you have a stupidly loud turbo whistle then you should worry, if it's not then it's all good. Turbo spoolup is cool :D

[Jimlad]

yip. yip... love the spool up sound

[Dame]

....and it sounds even better with an induction kit... :)

[Markturbo]

cheers i love the sound as well then when the blow off valve goes its even better i have a induction kit but its dirty and looks **** any ideas on a good one

[Jimlad]

Apexi

[Dame]

Ditto, mine should be arriving this week :)

[GT-Four NZ]

Funny cos my CT-26 started whistling about a month before it all went pear shaped. Just a small puff of white smoke to start with and then a bit more and then a smoke screen any army tank would be proud of. My new turbo whines a fair bit though but I wouldn't get paranoid cos if it's going to go then it is going to go. And yes it is the sweetest sound known to man.

[+Steve]

all depends on how much it whistles

if its whistles like a banshee then you have problems.. faint whisltes are normal.

if it screams then start to worry

[KiwiMR2]

Yeah a small whistle is usually nothing to worry about but a loud one like the GTS-T R32's.....****load of them I see around whistle REALLY loud!!

Cheers

KiwiMR2

[Markturbo]

if a turbo does go what sort of price are you looking at to get it fixed with fitting and everything

[ZeroBlade]

well rogue systems sell the turbo's for a few hundred quid. not sure about labour tho m8, sorry :(

http://www.roguesystems.co.uk/usedparts/engine/page1.htm

-Z

[pizza boy]

A bird once told me my spoolup sounds like a hairdryer behind her head and laughed at the BOV sound...not a 'wow thats cool' type laugh..more a 'that is so stupid' laugh.

But she sh@t her pants proper when I took her on a death run...she wasnt beeldin laughin then. Almost broke me passenger handel!

[ZeroBlade]

hmph, birds for ya!

and a disclaimer to cover my back...

erm i mean general brids who no nowt about motors, all u lovely ladies on these forums are OK w. me

-Z

[bh969]

If you are relay worried about it you could swap it for my nice red N/A :P lol