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wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 11:50 am
by noserider
my corsa is making a wierd turbo sound when i put my foot down but it aint turboed lol. anyone know why its doing this??

thanks

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:24 pm
by dmiller
Its heard all the other cars making that noise and thought that's what the cool cars do? :)

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 1:58 pm
by Jimi137
yeh my gfs little corsa makes that noise. sort of a supercharged kinda sucking whining noise. its quite weird really

seems 2 get louder in the cabin when any of the rubber grommits on the firewall are loose so it could just be an air whistle coming through. dont seem 2 be causing much issue tho cuz its done 4k miles and is running fine :)

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 2:00 pm
by dmiller
Could it be a hole in the air box or something stuck in the filter?

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:17 pm
by marshy52
mines doing that its most likly an alternator bearing m8

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 12:06 am
by noserider
well it aint a hole in the airbox so it must be a bearin il give it a look haha cheers m8 :)

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Tue Jul 27, 2010 11:46 am
by Tazzy
i kinda know what you mean, mine is making the same noise, not that you can hear it now over the load custom exhaust

may sound kewl, but if its there, it obviously isnt, youve probably got an air leak somewhere, i havnt really looked at mine yet, as i havnt been bothered to

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 12:15 am
by jordyp
mines does that as well but i just decided to get use to it lol, cant hear it with my powerflow exhaust and carbon fibre induction kit :P

Re: wierd 1.2 8v turbo sound

Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2010 7:38 am
by Octane2097
my car makes a whining noise when i put the foot down...
untill i hit 4k rpm then it changes to a whistling noise......
then when i lift off the throttle a sort of hissing noise....

ah the joys of twin chargers :D

haha but no on a serious note my old 12v corsa used to really whine when you put the boot down
never had ay problems with it i think it was just supposed to sound like that!
check you vaccum hoses could be a slight leak more commonly a split in it.
unless your losing power i wouldnt worry :)