Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:23:21 GMT From: "Al" <alistairdorenospamo.com> Subject: Re: Yikes! Puff o' smoke...
"John Hudson" <mypcnospam.com> wrote in message news:45ednaOFudfFkbHZRVnyswnospamhtview.co.uk... > > "Paul Halliday" <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1143655982.319129.185250nospam2000cwb.googlegroups.com... >> I was "thinking about it", since mine whistles. It whistles, rather >> than whines ... and I have heard a kippered turbo. It sounded like a >> helicopter! There _is_ a place in Birstall that does turbochargers, >> which I think Aeromotive use for their special turbos. Ask them about >> it :) Otherwise, I wouldn't expect to pay more than 350 UKP for a new >> (reconditioned) turbo unit. >> > > The simple solution is to continue using plenty of revs in the gears of > his > 20 year old car and the problem will disappear - in a puff of smoke Yeah. Must try that one...... Hey ho, if the turbo goes boom I'll pull one off a scrapper if I can. Short of that, I'll break her myself, sell the parts on ebay and make enough money to buy another car. (Worth more in parts) Thanks for the replies, I'm less worried than I was, but am making financial arrangements to face a major bill in the not too distant future. Al
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