[s-cars] Air leak or turbo whoosh? (fixed)

[Joseph Pizzimenti]

Finally!
  Had the time to finally attempt fixing the whooshing
sound and it seems I was looking in all the wrong
places.  Stopped by the local Audi dealer and bought a
710N just in case my bailey ended up being the
problem.  However, when I went to take the bailey out,
I found that the hose leading from the airbox to the
turbo/BPV was just sitting there on its own.  Seems
like age has taken its toll on all the oxidized clamps
in my engine bay.  Proceeded to fit another big clamp
and now I'm boosted and ready to go!  Thanks again,
this list is a godsend!
Joe "That's more like it" Pizzo
--- John Petersen <pete3633 at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> Check the hose under the intake manifold, it is
> prone to cracking and when
> it does so will generate a large woosh sound under
> boost. It may also cause
> some oil spray on the intake side of the engine. The
> hose is a sideways T
> which goes from wide to narrow or vice-versa. I have
> found this to be a
> problem on several S-cars.
>
> John '92 S4, T04E 50 trim
>
> At 09:58 AM 5/29/2002 -0400, Elijahallen92 at aol.com
> wrote:
> >  I had pretty much ruled out any air leaks in the
> system but in my search for
> >more power am back to thinking there is way to much
> outside noise under
> >boost. I have all the samco hoses and an upgraded
> MAF to turbo hose with
> >heavy duty clamps so I am positive those are not
> leaking. I even have a
> >second set of samco in case of emergency hoses that
> I put on just to make
> >sure I wasn't missing something. Does anyone else
> with a BIG turbo get a loud
> >whooshing under boost? With the windows up it is
> loud. With the windows down
> >it sounds like it is coming from the intercooler
> but that may be just because
> >I am sitting right there. When I first bought the
> car it had a small hole in
> >the turbo down hose and the car would have
> hesitations and sometimes even
> >overboost but with this the only hesitation is
> trying to get the big turbo
> >spooled up and after that it pulls strong. I guess
> my question is does anyone
> >else have the loud air flow with a big turbo?
> Thanks for any help.
> >I used to live in Steamboat Springs Co. but that
> was before I had a s-car,
> >now I wish I still lived there. Not much going on
> over here in Michigan as
> >far as tuners who even have herd of a s-car.
> >
> >  Elijah
> >   S-4
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