So I had another EGR cooler fail on me(the 4th) and got tired of paying the stealership 2500+ every time. So I purchased a RCD EGR delete, and installed it last weekend. As I am going through I noticed the stealership messed up a few things. One they cross threaded the mounting bolts to the Turbo baseplate, and the baseplate to intake was missing 3 of the bolts... anyway shotty work to say the least...

So I get it all back together and start it up... well I am getting a metallic sound from around the turbo, and I cant tell if its the turbo itself or possibly on of those heat shields on the uppipes, or even the v-band not all the way seated on the turbine side of the turbo...

Anyways here is the video I took on my phone, the noise starts about 2-3 seconds after starting up, like the turbo spooling on idle, and some foriegn matter in the turbine side. I am sure nothing got in as I put blue tape on all holes of the turbo when i took it off and installed it... but I guess anything is possible...

E7Y3i_obTKE[/media]]YouTube - July 23, 2010 7:09 AM

Need to get this thing back on the road soon so any help in identifying the issue will net you a beer or two!!!!

Will

 

I know you don't want to hear this but that sounds just like my turbo sounded like when it ate a wheel. Could be something else but just saying

 

Found the issue, it was a bad seal between the turbo and up-pipe. for some reason the v-band is tight but its just not sealing. big exhaust leak