Who knows about whistles.

i have 1998 disco 1.when i get to about 70mph i hear a whistle sound coming from somewhere in the engine.could the turbo be on its way out or something else.any ideas?

my turbo whistles a lot of the time ! thats what turbos do

its only just started to make this noise,is it anything toworry about and would it drive if it went. i only ask because am going cammping with kids and have a bit of driving ahead of me. london to wales.thanks.

not sure.. but my turbo whistles all the time!

If it's only just started I'd suspect a gasket

Since I changed the hoses mine now whistles .. only at certain revs, but there's a definite whistle.

Probably the turbo, and some of them do whistle. If it happens only when accelerating it'll be a leak somewhere between the air filter and the engine. Check hose tightness.

I'd be worried if it didn't whistle.

hughesy said:

I'd be worried if it didn't whistle.

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None of mine have ever whistled. I'll start worrying now (or get a hearing aid). Could be it's one of those whistles that's only audible to dogs and teenagers.

Mine only started to whistle after I replaced the inlet / exhaust manifold gasket. I put it down to the fact that I shagged the threads on one, maybe two of the holes, therefore it isn't sealing properly.

The whistling starts at about 2000rpm. It's kinda a whoooaa, whooOOAAAA, whoOOAAAA, WWWHHOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! sorta noise.

I'm sure that by simply typing in some random letters onto an internet forum , you all know exactly what I mean. If not, if you lots thats mental, not me.

When I have the balls to helicoil the head, then I guess I will find out if that is the cause as the WHOOOAAAA thing will stop. problem is that as seen as I tend to **** everything up on my Disco, I haven't got the funds at present to pay for the inevitable new cylinder head. Dam reccesion.

PASTMASTER said:

None of mine have ever whistled. I'll start worrying now (or get a hearing aid). Could be it's one of those whistles that's only audible to dogs and teenagers.

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Actually it might be ...

I only started hearing the whistle when I changed the pipes over, our lass says it's the same whistle she's been telling me about for years that I simply haven't heard! She gets Tinnitus so has some trouble hearing low notes and speech, but high notes give her some trouble ...

PASTMASTER said:

None of mine have ever whistled. I'll start worrying now (or get a hearing aid). Could be it's one of those whistles that's only audible to dogs and teenagers.

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I've had several tdi discos and they've all whistled to some extent. If however it's really loud I would check all the pipework for splits. Should be pretty easy to spot and will impair your performance if present. If I had no turbo noise I'd be checking hoses, air filter, intercooler and wastegate to make sure it was all doing what it should. A bit of whistling is useful as it tells you when the turbo is kicking in to boost.

thanks for help.

stevenacia said:

thanks for help.

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Do you have a wing-mounted aerial? On our previous car we had one and it was this that created a whistle at higher cruising speeds. If you have one, try taking it down and going for a test-drive.

Paul D said:

Actually it might be ...

I only started hearing the whistle when I changed the pipes over, our lass says it's the same whistle she's been telling me about for years that I simply haven't heard! She gets Tinnitus so has some trouble hearing low notes and speech, but high notes give her some trouble ...

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I'm off to the hearing clinic on Tuesday. I wonder if they know about Landy whistles?