Hi,
I've only had my car a few days but I'm almost certain that the turbo is failing at times and it feels completely gutless. I'm not really a fast driver at all, but it's still very noticeable and makes the car feel even more feeble than my previous 306 D Turbo.
Sometimes it's fine, but suddenly you can just feel the power disappear (for a while I was convinced something was stopping the pedal from hitting the floor properly, wishful thinking eh?) and it's generally a bit of a nightmare.
I've also noticed that the first time you take the car out it does this, but the next time you turn it on it's generally fine, if that makes any sense. i.e. I just drove somewhere and it had no power, but driving back home it was perfect all the way back.
I mentioned it to my dad's friend who went some way to explaining what the problem was, and compared it to a propeller that gets stuck, but will start again the next time you power up the engine, and occasionally it'll correct itself through normal driving too - sounds like this could be the problem. He then went on to mention that, sadly, the only way to fix it would be to pay £700 for a new turbo.
So, ramblings aside, my car has intermittent power loss and I was just wondering if there's anything I can check before splashing out £700 on a new Turbo.
Any tips/advice/recommendations would be fantastic, thank you.
I've only had my car a few days but I'm almost certain that the turbo is failing at times and it feels completely gutless. I'm not really a fast driver at all, but it's still very noticeable and makes the car feel even more feeble than my previous 306 D Turbo.
Sometimes it's fine, but suddenly you can just feel the power disappear (for a while I was convinced something was stopping the pedal from hitting the floor properly, wishful thinking eh?) and it's generally a bit of a nightmare.
I've also noticed that the first time you take the car out it does this, but the next time you turn it on it's generally fine, if that makes any sense. i.e. I just drove somewhere and it had no power, but driving back home it was perfect all the way back.
I mentioned it to my dad's friend who went some way to explaining what the problem was, and compared it to a propeller that gets stuck, but will start again the next time you power up the engine, and occasionally it'll correct itself through normal driving too - sounds like this could be the problem. He then went on to mention that, sadly, the only way to fix it would be to pay £700 for a new turbo.
So, ramblings aside, my car has intermittent power loss and I was just wondering if there's anything I can check before splashing out £700 on a new Turbo.
Any tips/advice/recommendations would be fantastic, thank you.