Just got my car back from the mechanic:

[DREMEN]

OK well I just got my car back from *cough* toy sports *cough*

And here's the deal:

They did a smoke test and found one little hose with a tiny tiny leak, this was rectified but it still sounded like a hair dryer in the engine bay on boost

So they took it up to the dyno so they could run in under load and try to find the problem.

The noise is coming from the turbo and is apparently not a leak but a whine.

The factory computer is showing faults and they reset it.

Did another power run on high boost and the computer is boost cutting at 9.2psi! :Q

For some reason the computer just wants to keep boost cutting at 9.2psi!!!!!

And even after you reset the ecu it still chucks a pshyco :Q

So the verdict from *cough* toy sports *cough* the ecu is shit itself and the turbo is on the way out!

[adam 32]

haha how coincidental that is also the most expensive diagnosis someone can give!

as for the whine, id be checking exhaust gaskets for any leaks and do a once over on all hoses. it wont cost you much to replace the vacuum lines and on a 10 or so year old car it is a good idea.

[RNS11Z]

maybe you should *cough* go some were else *cough* and see what they say!

[DREMEN]

[q]as for the whine, id be checking exhaust gaskets for any leaks and do a once over on all hoses. it wont cost you much to replace the vacuum lines and on a 10 or so year old car it is a good idea.[/q]

I have checked the hoses 10 times...

And the smoke test didn't show up any leaks!

Yeah might take it to croydon

[adam 32]

the whine will be from an exhaust gasket id say. unless your turbo really is dead

its hard to diagnose noises from the other side of the country

id suggest taking it somewhere decent

[DREMEN]

yeah its off to croydon this week

[nissky]

take your turbo exhaust dump pipe off

(its not that hard, maybe 2 hours if you have never done it),

then you can check the gasket and check the play of your turbo and whether it spins freely etc.....

[YRL05S]

Mate why did you take it there? Take it to Jamie Waterhouse automotive in Peachtree (just down the road). He looks after majanal's car and a couple of other skylines and he is a bloody good mechanic. Tell him Rhys sent you. You can thank me later.

[DREMEN]

A really?? I didn't even know of another place local

Sweet I might take it down there and show them tommorrow

Thanks man

[Brody]

I took my car to CAS when i first bought it.

Funny that ive never been back.

[DREMEN]

croydan???

were do you go instead?

[fatz]

if your in annendale give us a bell and well check it out.

pete

0409226626

[adam 32]

2hrs to take off the dump pipe?

if you d/c it from the car first then from the back of the turbo it comes out easy - 30mins job