Just loosen the pipe from turbo to the intercooler - it'll have the same effect - more noise, less power.

"Because I can. Thanks"

Oh, right, OK then.

What's happened to the site in the past few days?

Is someone bombarding the site with stuff solely in order to gain attention or to make a nuisance of themselves?

Edited by KB. on 30/05/2013 at 19:07

Because I can. Thanks

Well it appears you can`t or you would not be asking such a stupid question.

An extremely good description by RT I may just add that it will make no difference whatsoever to a diesel and especially a 12year old mondeo.

It's the over-pressure blow-off valve, aka wastegate, fitted to turbocharger installation

...In petrol cars where it serves a purpose. When you lift off the throttle the boost must be vented, otherwise the turbo will be pushed into the surge regime.

In diesels, there isn't (normally) an air throttle so there's no motivation to vent the boost. Since they are normally pneumatically operated by manifold vacuum, you can't fit one to a diesel. Throttle response during gear changes would be awful with one anyway.