In the meantime I have done another 8k miles , removed the turbo and alternator and put them back after finding no problems with them apart from a slight whine which still has not got worse , just ignore the noise , its the motoring equivalent of hypochondria , at 136k miles everything is now getting a bit slack compared to its youth but if I am realistic its probably not that bad and will still risk driving it to Milan without breakdown cover although if you do discover whats causing the noise then I will read with interest .