Evening people, I have a year 2000 S3 which I got not long ago. I have previously driven other VAG 1.8t's in an a6 150bhp and a TT 180bhp both of which had an audible turbo but nowhere near as loud as the S3.
When on boost it almost sounds like someone has turned a dyson on behind the glovebox...a very sexy sounding dyson.
It sounds great and sounds to me like a turbo should just a fair bit louder than I was used to having driven the other two cars.......it pulls well, gives good mpg etc so nothing wrong with performance.
My question is are the S3 turbo's rather loud all the time, meaning I have nothing to worry about? Or might it be overboosting which is causing the louder whoosh noise? Like I said performance and mpg are both good.
Any advice welcome.
Thanks
Ben
When on boost it almost sounds like someone has turned a dyson on behind the glovebox...a very sexy sounding dyson.
It sounds great and sounds to me like a turbo should just a fair bit louder than I was used to having driven the other two cars.......it pulls well, gives good mpg etc so nothing wrong with performance.
My question is are the S3 turbo's rather loud all the time, meaning I have nothing to worry about? Or might it be overboosting which is causing the louder whoosh noise? Like I said performance and mpg are both good.
Any advice welcome.
Thanks
Ben