seems my turbo on fab vrs is whistling at me and i seen to notice it more in the morning, not all the time though, what does this mean, its under warranty and currently undergoing work anyway.

have seen it mentioned a few times here i`m sure

never mind just done a search and seems to be the normal thing oh well

It's meant to whistle

Yeah :iagree:, it sounds bloody cool too!

I love my turbo whistle, and the lift off chatter too. If its not too cold out I usually drive with a 1cm gap in the windows just to hear better.

I love my turbo whistle, and the lift off chatter too. If its not too cold out I usually drive with a 1cm gap in the windows just to hear better.

lol.

I didn't have my window open on my way to work this morning becuase I was hot...

I love my turbo whistle, and the lift off chatter too. If its not too cold out I usually drive with a 1cm gap in the windows just to hear better.

I've found that if you lower BOTH windows by 1cm, you hear the whistle in stereo.

I've found that if you lower BOTH windows by 1cm, you hear the whistle in stereo.

Hence, why I pluralised and said windows. :P

As the turbo is in the centre of the engine bay, definitely need both open to get the full effect.

Forgot to add another good one - driving close to walls on both sides of the road (like houses butting on to the road) - The noise echoes off the walls and amplifies it.

Hence' date=' why I pluralised and said window[b']s[/b]. :P

As the turbo is in the centre of the engine bay, definitely need both open to get the full effect.

Forgot to add another good one - driving close to walls on both sides of the road (like houses butting on to the road) - The noise echoes off the walls and amplifies it.

Agreed! Drive down a street with terrace houses on either side and it sounds marvellous!

I like the turbo whistle - always seems louder on a cold morning.

Do you get more turbo whistle etc with an aftermarket exhaust like a Milltek?

I think I know what you're really on about - on cold mornings there's a whistle on idle (i.e. turbo off-boost) on mine, and I think a few other members have mentioned it. It goes away once the engine's warm, so I'm not that bothered about it TBH.

And, yes, I firkin' lurve the sound the turbo makes when it's boosting. Oh, yeah...

Do you get more turbo whistle etc with an aftermarket exhaust like a Milltek?

:confused:

exhaust won't amplify turbo whistle, but it will give a nice background roar on top of the turbo whistle.

The only way to help with turbo noise is getting it pushing higher boost (or) fit a bigger turbo which will push higher boost, and changing air filter, etc will help with induction type noise to accompany it too.