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when i hit boost, can hear a noise like a cat doing a meow!! what could this be? turbo, piping, surge, belts???

anyone have this before, its like meooooowwwwwww lol.im not joking either :no:

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when i hit boost, can hear a noise like a cat doing a meow!! what could this be? turbo, piping, surge, belts???

anyone have this before, its like meooooowwwwwww lol.im not joking either :no:

Are there any missing cats in your neighbourhood? You might have one stuff in your engine bay :P It has happened before!

But seriously, i agree it will be the exhaust manifold or turbo gasket - I know the sound you mean.

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Just thinking out loud, Did you put new longer studs in the exhaust manifold flange when you installed the turbo? I'm guessing you would have, but If not the old studs might be stretching because of the weight of the new turbo and it being spaced out etc.

That could make it leak and cause the sound.

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hmm, looks like i didnt put the locking tabs back on :no: , another job to do,

Yeah those studs were replaced cause the studs were so short, but that makes sense,

There is a cat next door that i havent seen for a while, maybe it got trapped under the bonnet and under gee force its meow became a meoooooooooow, ha ha

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i retightened the 17mm bolts holding the turbo on, still need to check manifold,

is it possible it might be the stock blow off valve leaking or stuffed, could hear some flutter tonight,

what about the throttle body gasket?

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I think this issue is contributing to your turbos laziness as well. Hopefully it's something simple and you can get it all sorted.

See if you can borrow a bov off someone to rule that out, but I don't think it will be the major issue.

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yeah i think your right , seems to to boosting but not pulling as hard as when i drove it home from tuner , as soon as that meooow noise happens the power seems to disappear,

got the shits with it now, will leave it till weekend, then go over the whole exhaust and intake bolts clamps etc, all i want is to fry some tyres in second lol not much to ask is it??? huh?? :domokun:

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This your problem?:

Cat survives being dragged 20km under car

By David Eames

4:00 AM Wednesday Sep 9, 2009

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Andrew Beale with Albie, recovering after his car accident. Photo / Dean Purcell

When Albie the cat didn't come home for his tea, his owners Andrew and Lyn Beale assumed the two-year-old tabby was busy exploring.

They had no idea Albie was recovering from a brush with death and a 20-odd kilometre ride wedged into the front of Gail Tomlinson's car.

Ms Tomlinson was driving past the Beale's Ormiston Rd, Manukau, property on August 20 when she felt she might have hit a cat.

But seeing no evidence, she continued on to work at Auckland Airport, a 20-minute trip driving at speeds of up to 90km/h.

When she arrived, she heard a "meowing" from the front of her Holden Commodore.

A quick check revealed Albie tucked up in "a perfect little cubby hole" in the chassis of the vehicle, behind the number plate.

Afraid to move him herself, a distraught Ms Tomlinson got a workmate to drive her car - "carefully" - about 2km to the Mangere SPCA, where a vet extricated Albie.

X-rays revealed he had a broken back leg.

"I was devastated. I was just beside myself," said Ms Tomlinson.

Fortunately for the Beales - who distributed flyers in the hope of finding Albie - the SPCA kept the cat in the hope his owner would turn up.

Word eventually reached the Beales that a cat matching Albie's description was being held at the SPCA, on painkillers for his injuries.

Albie subsequently had surgery, running up a final bill of about $2000.

Now he is up and about, recovering at home.

He is able to put weight on his back leg, which has two pins in it, and should suffer no long-term consequences.

Vet Craig Hunger said Albie should be fine, as long as the Beales keep up his physiotherapy.

"To be stuck in a grill and not fall off is a very lucky thing ... there's a good chance they could have had a dead cat."

Mr Beale said that when Albie turned up on their doorstep about five months ago, they named him LB, short for Lost Boy, which morphed over time into Albie.

"I think now it might be Lucky Bugger."

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