ok, heres what my turbos sound like...a whine when it spools(definately noticable) and when it unwinds (not as noticable). I am new to turbos, and was just wondering if that is normal, i hear nothing other than the spool up...and dont give me the dentist drill theory, it makes no sense since i cant hold a dentist drill in my car to hear a difference. any help appreciated, thanks!

 

its not normal but are you sure its the turbo? lift the hood and locate the noise its not much use trying to guess from inside the car lol,

BMW mini sounds like a dentist drill and that's normal[:-]crap car though

 

if not the turbo, what else should i be looking for?

 

have you done anything to your intake, like taken out the stock intake box. cause you will here the turbos sucking more air from them and maybe get some more sounds from that. that is all i can think of. when i did the darintake i heard some more noise not much but some.

 

when in doubt, get bigger turbos...

honestly they whine! that is the nature of the beast, basically we are seeing a thread based off one persons opinion of loud whine, compared to what another person would concider normal...

 

blues4,

it seems to me you are loading this forum with a bunch of bullshit questions..make one thread and ask all your damn questions in that andstop making a thread for every stupid *** question and read the sticky ,it answers most of the questions you have asked....do a search and you will find what u are looking for all of your questions have been asked 100 times ...[sm=shootshoot.gif]

 

yeah being new i do alot of SEARCH and GOOGLE for when i need stuff, that way i have so base when i ask a question i cant find anything on. I sound like i have tried and dont get flamed .

 

[sm=exactly.gif]thank you

 

wow....******** are all over this place...if you can find this answer elsewhere, then post the link to it

 

If you rev the engine in neutral do you hear the whine? If not it will most likely be the turbos as they normally only whine under stress aka while driving.