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Strange noise, thought it was boost leak

Steedie86

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Hey guys,

Long time lurker but only posting again for the first time in a while today, as I really need some help.

The other day I pulled over to take a video for something on instagram, just opened the bonnet and revved a bit to get some audio. However, when doing it, I noticed a strange noise. I have no idea how long it's been doing this and what could be causing it. It's driving absolutely fine and I've had no reason to believe anything is wrong, I only noticed this by chance.

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It's a 2019 facelift W205, stage 1 remapped by MSL, has the ASR module and had the back boxes done by PCW. I took it to PureTuning after talking to them on instagram and they told me to bring it in for a look. They had the car all day, smoke tests, took it out for logging to check turbos are holding boost etc, checked the intake manifold for anything, changed air filters, checked the blow off valve wasn't stuck closed, checked the turbos for anything weird inside. And nothing...they are stumped, they said on the logs everything looks as it should and there is nothing to suggest anything is wrong however, that noise is surely not right?

I'm really hoping someone has experienced this before or knows exactly what it could be, because despite PureTuning saying they can't see anything wrong, and it driving fine, I'm worried it's the start of something...

Many thanks in advance!
 
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I’m tone deaf, and on my phone, but it reminded me of this. Worth a look in the absence of anything else
 
Hmmm possibly? Worth checking

Wouldn’t that be all the time then rather than just when lifting off throttle
 
It has an overrun pulley on the alternator. When you lift off, the belt drive slows but the alternator internals carry on spinning. The bearing inside the pulley only makes itself known at that point.
 

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