hi there i have a whistle coming from my turbo,i have take yhe car to a garage to be checked out they said there was a bit of plat in the shaft but that was normal but i am not convinced.they told me to check all the pipes in and out of the turbo,car drive fine but has lost a wee bit of power but not enough to say the turbo has gone.any help would be great.

sorry about the spelling guys, my car is a focus mk2 1.6 tdci 06 plate.

Without sounding more dumb than iam but what is plat

Does it derive from using veg oil instead of diesel

Jamie

There needs to be a small ammount of Play in the shaft , i would be looking for a split hose or seal.I was once told that when wife had a Peugeot 1.4 turbo diesel had bad knocking , they advised me that the turbo had gone , i searched all other options Then i brought a new turbo and fitted it ,:( It wasn't the turbo at all it was a seal on the inlet side of things , £350 .They said it had failed because of too much play , the brand new replacement was exactly the same play in it. Always get a second opinion

hi jamie i should have put a tw before the at for people who never read my second post before replying.

WOW - now thats a grown up response!!!!

Seriously dude, take a chilli pill - reading your post im like whats plat?? Now i assume that Preee guessed you meant "play" but i wouldn't of guessed that and guess neither did Jamie.

Good luck getting advice and help with that attitude!!!

ok barry cheers for the reply i was out of order but at the time i was fuming after reading jamies post.sorry jamie for that reply.

Good man B)

This a constant whistle, not just the whistle/whine it does when it kicks in or whines down??

No expert in turbos (not got a clue where it even is LOL) but i would guess like what Preee said there maybe a slight split in a pipe or something - have a really good look if you can - expect if there is a little split that it ain't going to be easy to spot either - guess its sucking in air causing the whistling sound.