Whirring Noise From The Turbo

[andy greenwood]

no dash lights on, no exhaust smells and no loss of power under acceleration

 

[Dellmassive]

Possible bearing or tensioner then?

 

[andy greenwood]

Possible bearing or tensioner then?

so going back to my message yesterday, would you go to an independent or take it straight to a VW van centre ? cheers

 

[Skyliner33]

so going back to my message yesterday, would you go to an independent or take it straight to a VW van centre ? cheers

Independant VW specialist IMHO.

 

[Dellmassive]

Yeh, if it's out warranty... then either. Up to you.

But an indy will be cheaper.

You need to trust the indy..... if not take it to VW.

 

[Loz]

I had a listen, sounds like alternator??? of one of the pullers/rollers/tensioner bearings on that end of the block.

 

[andy greenwood]

thanks for the advice guys, I think i'll just take it to VW

 

[Robert]

Indeed very unusual sound and I would suspect boosting piping.

 

[J88arv]

It does sound like a boost leak
When driving have you noticed a loss in power or the noise even louder??

 

[andy greenwood]

It does sound like a boost leak
When driving have you noticed a loss in power or the noise even louder??

No I've not noticed a loss of power, the noise does increase the more rev's i give it

 

[J88arv]

No I've not noticed a loss of power, the noise does increase the more rev's i give it

Would indicate a leak of some sort if it gets louder

 

[andy greenwood]

our van is currently @ our local vw van centre, they have done a health check on it this morning and found that the whirring noise is the power steering pump. They said it is faulty and needs replacing. Apparantley the alternator free wheel pulley is also stiff.
total bill = £928.68

I have to say I feel disappointed having to replace this @only 58k miles

 

[DXX]

A week ago I advised my daughter to consider a VW when she replaces her car, now after reading the steady stream of expensive failures I think I’ll advise going Japanese!
I love my ancient and battered A4, just keeps on going unlike the new VAG stuff.

 

[andy greenwood]

A week ago I advised my daughter to consider a VW when she replaces her car, now after reading the steady stream of expensive failures I think I’ll advise going Japanese!
I love my ancient and battered A4, just keeps on going unlike the new VAG stuff.

I had to have a new dual mass flywheel fitted @ 54k and now this power steering pump @58k. Not what you'd expect from VW

 

[Rocktroll]

Hi can you

As of yesterday there is a strange whirring noise from the turbo, it does this when stationery and also when driving. I'm fairly sure it did not sound like this until yesterday. Also when stationery I have noticed the engine will only rev up to 2,500 rpm, unfortunately I can't remember if it went higher before ?
have I got a faulty turbo ?

Hi can you reshare that audio file, doesn’t play now, I have a 174 2008 t5 turbo make a whoosh sound thanks

 

[RunDSG]

our van is currently @ our local vw van centre, they have done a health check on it this morning and found that the whirring noise is the power steering pump. They said it is faulty and needs replacing. Apparantley the alternator free wheel pulley is also stiff.
total bill = £928.68

I have to say I feel disappointed having to replace this @only 58k miles

Hi @andy greenwood

I’m worried I have the same problem. Whirring sound at idle, slow manoeuvring or reversing. It’s not present when driving at all.

My local VAG specialist suspected turbo, but didn’t think I need to be concerned.

Does this sound the same as your issue?

Any chance you could reshare your audio clip?