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Two months ago i purchased a 1999 S2 RS Four S

When my car comes on boost and holds boost (keep foot planted) the turbo has a whine to it, as the revs build engine noise takes over and you cant hear it. It is most obvious at 2500-3000 RPM under acceleration. Is this a normal sound?? can anyone suggest where to take it in Adelaide to get an expert opinion as i want to find the problem (if it has one) before my 3 month warranty runs out.

Any advice would be appreciated

Ps Car is completely stock 90,000km

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mine does that . same car . slightly more kays . i dont drive my car much and some days it puts the shits up me but then i remember it always does that . even with stock intake with sound deadining(teabag) in airbox its still quite loud .

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Hi All

Two months ago i purchased a 1999 S2 RS Four S

When my car comes on boost and holds boost (keep foot planted) the turbo has a whine to it, as the revs build engine noise takes over and you cant hear it. It is most obvious at 2500-3000 RPM under acceleration. Is this a normal sound?? can anyone suggest where to take it in Adelaide to get an expert opinion as i want to find the problem (if it has one) before my 3 month warranty runs out.

Any advice would be appreciated

Ps Car is completely stock 90,000km

If you want to take it to a workshop, then there are plenty that provide professional opinions - ATS, BoostWorx, APE, Turbo Tune etc.

Another option is post on the SA section, there are plenty of SA Stag owners that can lend you their ears (and other body parts...) if needed.

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Hey guys, I've taken a very short video that hopefully demonstrates the kind of whining noise being discussed here. Our RS4 "S" has a similar whine noise ever since day one when we picked it up, I was once concerned with the sound as well until I discovered this thread. Further comments are appreciated.

Cheers guys.

YouTube Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4vH7_lUw9A

(video might take a few moments to appear on youtube's server as its only new tonight)

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had my s1 for about 5yrs always had a spool whine but when i put a ces split front dump on passengers go wtf it sounds like a jet taking off (wish it would go like one),way louder.

lol, i get that comment heaps and i've yet to do the dump, i think its the intake side that makes the noise tho

just to clear some things up, series 2 c34's run neo motor and turbo, the neo turbo has a larger rear housing compared to an r33 rb25 turbo, the compressor (inlet) wheel is also nylon on neo turbos to reduce spool time

i would say that its the nylon wheel that makes them sound different to previous rb's

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the noise in that video is f**k all . get some more tea bags for your stock air box . was funny the other night pulled the air box out of mates u 13 sss blue bird and the whole inside of the box on turbo side of air filter was lined with teabags . like 6 0r 7 all shaped to fit

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That sound's nought more than the turbo just starting to think about doing some magic with your engine's volumetric efficiency.

:P

You'll find that it is more pronounced with an SS dump - the OEM cast iron absorbs more db.

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Hi All

Two months ago i purchased a 1999 S2 RS Four S

When my car comes on boost and holds boost (keep foot planted) the turbo has a whine to it, as the revs build engine noise takes over and you cant hear it. It is most obvious at 2500-3000 RPM under acceleration. Is this a normal sound?? can anyone suggest where to take it in Adelaide to get an expert opinion as i want to find the problem (if it has one) before my 3 month warranty runs out.

Any advice would be appreciated

Ps Car is completely stock 90,000km

When i got may S2 Stagea with 85000km had some turbo whine, i didnt care as i got it cheap so i didnt mind if i needed to put a turbo on it. I have had plenty of turbo cars before and family races turbo cars. The whine was not really that bad was the same as a old VL turbo my old man use to race back in the 90's

After a month of owning it i wanted the change the timming belt and just service every thing on the car as i use it to tow my race car and need it reliable, i have read on the forums before its common the turbo gaskets leak so i changed it, when i took it out there was a very small hair line crack in the turbo gasket. Since that day i have no more whine at all, did nothing else to the car but timming belt turbo gaskets and oil filters, i even reused the air filter as it was so clean when i bought it.

Just somthing you could check if you have any concerns with turbo whine.

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