Hi, thanks for the replies. I have had the vehicle on the ramp today and looked at the turbo actuator rod. When the vehichle starts it is sucked in at tickover. When we the rev the vehicle it moves slightly as you release the throttle. I had an 05 touran in today with the same engine, slightly diferent turbo set up. When watching the rod on this vehicle it did the same, hopefully ruling out a vacum problem? The touran would rev free from 900 rpm with what sounds like the turbo kicking in straight away. The galaxy is pretty non reponsive and sounds laboured until around 1900 rpm when the turbo kicks in? many thanks Barry