Possible Air Leak

[SKYrine_Dan]

Hey Guys,

I noticed the other day i have a bolt snapped off where my turbo meets my dump pipe and a nut also missing which bolts the turbo onto the exhaust manifold. Could these missing parts be the cause of a air leak as i can here a funny whistling noise as soon as i make boost. It only makes the sound under load not free revving and its definatly coming from the exhaust side.

Any thoughts or opinions appreciated

[GTR-Ben]

Hey Guys,

I noticed the other day i have a bolt snapped off where my turbo meets my dump pipe and a nut also missing which bolts the turbo onto the exhaust manifold. Could these missing parts be the cause of a air leak as i can here a funny whistling noise as soon as i make boost. It only makes the sound under load not free revving and its definatly coming from the exhaust side.

Any thoughts or opinions appreciated

Yeah that would normally cause a leak. Seen that happen quite a lot.

[Abo Bob]

I wouldn't have thought an exhaust leak would whistle though. More likely to be a ticking sound.

Also, a noise on boost is indicative of an intake sound not exhaust as the exhaust side is still flowing when not on boost.

I don't think those missing bolts are a problem at all.

[ross80]

Not correct bob,

Just hav a turbo to manifold and a manifold to exhaust leak fixed and it was fairly unnoticable off boost.

So much so, the inlet manifold was quetioned aswell in the beginning

[ross80]

missing bolts not a problem!!!!

hahahhhaha. Your kidding me!!!

Do you own wheel nuts? might aswell f**k them off too! lol