Hi,
A few weeks back I posted about a hum noise coming from the steering. Well turns out it's not the steering.
The hum noise seems to emanate from the passenger side of the engine bay whenever you let off the power suddenly (i.e dipping the clutch or revving). At road speeds its too low level to hear but when manuvering you do hear it (hence why I thought it could be the steering).
The hum is low level and lasts for the time it takes the rev counter to drop from 2k to 1k RPM. In order to instigate the hum, you have to be above 2.5k RPM before letting go.
It doesn't happen if you gradually let off the power. Only if you do it suddenly (eg dipping clutch or revving).
It sounds mechanical, very similar to when hydraulic power steering systems are straining (hence why I thought it might be steering).
The noise happens in gear or out of gear with the car moving or static. Which I guess rules out Haldex.
Possibly EGR or Turbo related? Presumably the turbo has spun up and needs to vent somewhere?
Car is a TDi 170 Quattro on a 57 plate (manual box). It had a new turbo at about 35,000 miles and its done 60,000 now so I hope it isn't that.
I scanned using VCDS at the weekend and there are no codes at all recorded.
One final thing, maybe a coincidence but the car was low on oil the other day (it needed about 500ml put in). I know TDi's can go through phases of being thirsty but I mention it just in case. I do check every 4-6 weeks but then again my old Golf 140 used to go through the same kind of oil burning phases.
Cheers.
A few weeks back I posted about a hum noise coming from the steering. Well turns out it's not the steering.
The hum noise seems to emanate from the passenger side of the engine bay whenever you let off the power suddenly (i.e dipping the clutch or revving). At road speeds its too low level to hear but when manuvering you do hear it (hence why I thought it could be the steering).
The hum is low level and lasts for the time it takes the rev counter to drop from 2k to 1k RPM. In order to instigate the hum, you have to be above 2.5k RPM before letting go.
It doesn't happen if you gradually let off the power. Only if you do it suddenly (eg dipping clutch or revving).
It sounds mechanical, very similar to when hydraulic power steering systems are straining (hence why I thought it might be steering).
The noise happens in gear or out of gear with the car moving or static. Which I guess rules out Haldex.
Possibly EGR or Turbo related? Presumably the turbo has spun up and needs to vent somewhere?
Car is a TDi 170 Quattro on a 57 plate (manual box). It had a new turbo at about 35,000 miles and its done 60,000 now so I hope it isn't that.
I scanned using VCDS at the weekend and there are no codes at all recorded.
One final thing, maybe a coincidence but the car was low on oil the other day (it needed about 500ml put in). I know TDi's can go through phases of being thirsty but I mention it just in case. I do check every 4-6 weeks but then again my old Golf 140 used to go through the same kind of oil burning phases.
Cheers.
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