Split Turbo pipe?

[englishblue]

Hi All,

I am not mechanically minded so apologies in advance for my terminology

I noticed an airy sort of whistling noise when i was on the motorway coming home yesterday.

There then was a delay between accelerating and the car actually moving and seemed a bit jolty.

Once i get to mid speed it sounds normal but any time i really accelerate the airy noise starts again

It is fine when Idle and low speed its only when i put my foot down it happens - There is no black smoke and from early indications i have looked at it seems its a split pipe rather than the turbo itself.

I dont want to have my pants pulled down at a garage and would feel better knowing the problem before going in there blind.

Thanks for any help

 

[DSM10000]

It may help if you mentioned what vehicle this is?

It certainly sounds like an air leak somewhere. Do you have a Mercedes Independent near to you?

I had the large pipe from the Intercooler split on my E 320, it's a hefty piece of reinforced rubber with large metal clamps but it was only £55 from Mercedes.