Hi all, after a bit of advice. was driving home when I heard what sounded like a lot of compressed releasing. The sound only went on for a few seconds and i pulled over as soon as possible thinking i'd got a flat tire only to find all the tires looked good. the car drove fine the rest of the way back and havent really noticed anything since.
I know nothing about cars or what it could have been, ive gone out for another drive just to make sure and i had the air con running to see if something happened to that but I was getting cold air come out so nothing wrong there.
does anyone have any ideas what it could have been or has anyone experienced this before? i have a 2013 blue gt with just over 22k miles. thanks
wierd noise on the way home from work
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Ricmondo
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Re: wierd noise on the way home from work
Difficult to diagnose without hearing it but could it be excess turbo boost being dumped?
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Re: wierd noise on the way home from work
I share the view of Ricmondo, difficult to diagnose. Maybe a leak in the pressure charging system? Leaky radiator? Leaky aircon system?
Re: wierd noise on the way home from work
air con seems fine aswell as the turbo as I don't seem to have lost any power. is the excess turbo being dumped normal or anything to worry about? the car hasnt made a noise like that since it happened, how can I tell if I have a leaky radiator? thanks for the help
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Re: wierd noise on the way home from work
wastegate operation is normal, but I'm not sure whether your car has a wastegate or VGT/VNT system.
Re: wierd noise on the way home from work
oh right ok, well im going to keep driving it and hope all is still good. if not time for the garage and expensive bills
