that's what blades on a housing sound like- I'd definitely pull the inlet hose off and manual rotate/move the shaft to check for play.
On Jul 29, 2008, at 9:52 AM, Mark Cookson wrote: > My mom has a 2000 1.8T Beetle, about 70k miles, and she says that > it's recently developed a high pitch whine/squeak (I've never > actually heard it) when first started each morning. It's only the > first start of the day and it goes away after about 20-40 seconds. > She got the belts replaced which made no difference. > > I'm wondering what the sound of a turbo's bearings going out is > like? Do they squeak until sufficient oil reaches them? Any other > ideas of things to check? > > Thanks! > > Mark > _______________________________________________ > Miatapower mailing list > [email protected] > http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower _______________________________________________ Miatapower mailing list [email protected] http://list.miatapower.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/miatapower
