SOLID D22
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So on the weekend im headind up Ballarat hwy towards my farm to spend the weekend there, its about 11pm and its dark and very cool outside almost cold, im cruising along the freeway at 110km/h and then i come up to pentland hills, this is a stretch of highway which is roughly 21km uphill, and iv also switched off the gas on this trip just wanted to see the power difference on straight diesel, anyway im about 3km into this hill and iv had to gear down to 4th beforehand to keep it at 110km/h revvin at 3 1/2g sounds sweet and strong, overtake a semi which is doing about 20km/h (thats how bad the hill is) and then WHOOOSH, SSSHHHHHHHHH, just a loud constant boost sounding turbo whistle, the car had not lost power and at first thought i though a hose had come off or split. I pulled over right away, popped the bonnet checked it out but nothing was wrong, it was dark so i nursed it up to my farm and checked it out in the morning.
Morning came checked it all out properly and cant find anything wrong, it sounds as if i got a massive blow off valve fitted, sounds alright but very loud, you hear it spool up through the gears and also that whistle sound it makes when you let go of the throttle, i went past my mechanics but he cant find anything and turbo was too hot to take off and check out, so until then worst case scenario is i may have turbo that is on its way out, and im getting a price to have one rebuilt including it being hi flowed and making it ball bearing.
Also for the record i dont know how you guys do it running just straight diesel, i had to gear down heaps of times to 4th where i never did before and the fuel usage is unbelievable 350km half tank and usually with the gas i get 300km on the first quarter.
Anyway il keep yous posted on what is happening.
Morning came checked it all out properly and cant find anything wrong, it sounds as if i got a massive blow off valve fitted, sounds alright but very loud, you hear it spool up through the gears and also that whistle sound it makes when you let go of the throttle, i went past my mechanics but he cant find anything and turbo was too hot to take off and check out, so until then worst case scenario is i may have turbo that is on its way out, and im getting a price to have one rebuilt including it being hi flowed and making it ball bearing.
Also for the record i dont know how you guys do it running just straight diesel, i had to gear down heaps of times to 4th where i never did before and the fuel usage is unbelievable 350km half tank and usually with the gas i get 300km on the first quarter.
Anyway il keep yous posted on what is happening.