Possibly silly turbo question

billh · 4th February 2022, 17:04

1.8T tourer, doesn't smoke or burn oil, plenty of "go" on the motorway. How do I know if the turbo is working properly? I don't want to rev the whatsits off it and I don't notice any sounds that I can describe as turbo whine* .Would a faulty or seized turbo throw up any fault lights , errors or other signs?
*I know what an English Electric 2000HP diesel sounds like with 4 turbos

Yorkshire GOC · 4th February 2022, 17:20

Blue smoke and siren sounds/whining and the car running sluggish - no warning lights am afraid.

trikey · 4th February 2022, 18:00

Floor it in 2nd gear on a wet road, if your wheels spin all is well.

4th February 2022, 17:04	#1
billh Regular poster Rover 75 Tourer Join Date: May 2007 Location: Denton, Manchester Posts: 78 Thanks: 14 Thanked 24 Times in 14 Posts	Possibly silly turbo question 1.8T tourer, doesn't smoke or burn oil, plenty of "go" on the motorway. How do I know if the turbo is working properly? I don't want to rev the whatsits off it and I don't notice any sounds that I can describe as turbo whine* .Would a faulty or seized turbo throw up any fault lights , errors or other signs? *I know what an English Electric 2000HP diesel sounds like with 4 turbos

4th February 2022, 17:20	#2
Yorkshire GOC I really should get out more....... Rover 75 connoisseur se v6 auto Join Date: May 2014 Location: Hull Posts: 2,063 Thanks: 1,842 Thanked 623 Times in 469 Posts	Blue smoke and siren sounds/whining and the car running sluggish - no warning lights am afraid. __________________ She came off the Longbridge Line on 20-05-2003 The Silver Machine was the 13th of 160 Rover 75's to come off the production line that day and is the 100th of 527 Starlight Silver Rover 75 2.5 V6 Connoisseur SE Auto saloons listed in the build records produced world wide.

4th February 2022, 18:00	#3
trikey Premium Trader Rover 75 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Devon Posts: 33,765 Thanks: 8,837 Thanked 14,831 Times in 8,030 Posts	Floor it in 2nd gear on a wet road, if your wheels spin all is well. __________________ Lest we forget..