robin Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Driving home today the car was not sounding well and power is down. The usual turbo spinning sounds has been replaced with a wooing/whistle sound. My immediate thought/worry is a blown turbo or if I'm lucky maybe a bad vsv valve or something? There is no smoke that I can see and with no load the engine revs/sounds normal. Driving off boost seems fine/normal as well. Here is a video of the sound, car is a UK supra. Any thoughts on where to start with this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gordy.r Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 I'm guessing you've had the bonnet open and checked all the pipe work and connections etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaqTRD Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sounds like what my car sounded like when the intercooler pipe blew off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra_ufo Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Sounds like what my car sounded like when the intercooler pipe blew off. I was going to say it sounds like mine did when the turbos were fooked ! lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swampy442 Posted June 14, 2015 Share Posted June 14, 2015 Turbo pipework. Make sure you check EVERY CONNECTION. The amount of times people come back on to say they checked the pipework and the fault is still there, to go back a second time and find a loose pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigMoSupraRSP Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Hey Robin, just wondering if you found the problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 Hey Robin, just wondering if you found the problem? I have checked all the hoses and connections I am able to and not solved it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted June 28, 2015 Share Posted June 28, 2015 Sounds like the "death whine", google it, not good news unfortunately, also a uk spec won`t run barely at all with an ic pipe off because of it running air flow meter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share Posted June 30, 2015 Assuming the turbos are gone, what are my options part wise? Am I limited only to UK turbos, or will jspec or aristo turbos fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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