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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 07:25 PM
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Squeaky Turbo?

Problem is every now and then you will hear some light squeaking sounds come from the turbo. New turbos (less than 20k miles) Boost is good (no gauge though) anyone got any ideas?

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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 10:52 PM
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Are you sure its the turbos or could it be the belts/pulleys? I get a squeeking in mine when I drive earlier in the morning, but it goes away when it warms up. What's the climate like where you are?
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 11:15 PM
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The squeak goes away after it warms up but its there when first starting up and when its cool..Its about 70-80 here now
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Old Sep 18, 2002 | 11:16 PM
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Maybe it is the belts I will have to see
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 07:44 PM
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Yeah, check the belts. I'm pretty sure that's what's squeeking in mine. It could be any one of the pulley bearings squeeking before the bearing lube warms up. If you don't mind getting a sore back, you could just dig into the engine and try squirting some lub into the pulley bearings and see if that helps. Unless you have ball bearing turbos, I wouldn't think it'd be the turbos themselves. Even then, they'd have to be fairly old to be squeeking. I'd just check out the belts and pulley bearings.
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Old Sep 19, 2002 | 07:45 PM
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my guess is its belts.
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