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
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