Limp Mode 2.0 tdi 140 PD (57) error 00564 Bost Presure Regulator P0234_

[AdamNajak]

Hi Guys

Ive had my leon 2.0 tdi 140 PD (57) for a 4 months now. Current Mileage 92K

I Always fill up at Shell & a few months ago i managed to get the last bit of their tank in my tank :| as They just put the covers over the nozzle after i had filled up 55 ltrs. After using the fuel i put a fuel treatment in which seemed to help.

Had a full service done a month ago. After the fuel filter was changed noticed a big improvement in power, i was on my way to uni on the slip road i put foot down slightly as my baby finally felt normal soon as i hit 80mph in 6th gear car lost power and i struggled to get to uni. I realise now it had gone into limp mode but once i turned the car on it was fine on the way home.

This week the car has gone into limp mode 3 times on the same part of motorway soon as i put my foot down and build up in 5th gear or 6th gear past 70mph bam power drops as if i have no turbo. Its okish al lower speeds dosen't seem as perky between 2-3k revs where the turbo should kick in, like before however its into limp mode and will pull upto 4k revs. It only seems to happen in 5th or 6th gear.

Engine management light come on the other day when it went into limp mode in 5ht gear managed to get the following error code L 00564 Bost Pressure Regulator P0234_ (Means nothing to me) Garage are saying i need a new turbo though as its sticky veins :'(

Spoke to a guy who reconditions turbos hes saying if its definitely sticky veins then he can run a turbo treatment called revive though it for £150 which should sort the problem. I know i could do it my self fr less but hes saying he will check the bearings etc on the turbo are ok before he cleans. Money is tight as i borrowed to buy the car.

Any help is much appreciated.

Kind regards
Adam

 

[towcester vag]

do the mr muscle turbo clean ive been doing this for a long time and had 80% success rate
the is a write up on how to do this somewhere

 

[cooperdj]

I've got the same car and the same problems... see my recent post on it here:

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=375713

There's some advice on it there... headlines being you can

a: do it yourself and clean it while it's still on the car
b: get it professionally cleaned when removed from the car (my quote was £300 and they needed it for 3 days)
c: buy a new turbo from Seat (£1700)
d: learn to live with it

I've had mine cleaned by a garage while on the car with proper turbo cleaner and it made no difference

 

[cooperdj]

just to add to that - never had engine management light on mine. Whenever it happens I just pull over straight away and re-start though and then it's fine.

 

[cupralite]

I think I posted this sob story on here before but I know someone who has a Corsa diesel. It's a desperate, gutless 1.3cdti which she ended up driving round town a lot. It kept going into limp mode with an 'overboost' fault and the local garage told her it was curtains for the turbo. Nothing else to be done, new turbo.

Another, more trustworthy local garage suggested that because of the short journeys, the recycled exhaust gases tend to clog the inlet hoses/manifold. This makes the hoses narrower and therefore can increase the pressure passing the sensor to beyond its limit and for safety it puts the engine in limp mode. The garage suggested the first step was to try one of these engine deep cleans which involve pumping an additive through the engine while it's running and some more additive is left in the fuel tank to pass through the engine. This cost about £180, instead of a new turbo of £800+.

She had this done 18 months ago and to this day it has never once gone into limp mode since. So, it appears that the bloke was correct.

May be worth a try doing one of these cleans first - unless there is some other thing that can identify a ruined turbo more clearly. (Bear in mind that I'm no diesel engine expert!).

I've got the same car and the same problems... see my recent post on it here:

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=375713

There's some advice on it there... headlines being you can

a: do it yourself and clean it while it's still on the car
b: get it professionally cleaned when removed from the car (my quote was £300 and they needed it for 3 days)
c: buy a new turbo from Seat (£1700)
d: learn to live with it

I've had mine cleaned by a garage while on the car with proper turbo cleaner and it made no difference

.... or maybe it won't work!

 

[cooperdj]

I think I posted this sob story on here before but I know someone who has a Corsa diesel. It's a desperate, gutless 1.3cdti which she ended up driving round town a lot. It kept going into limp mode with an 'overboost' fault and the local garage told her it was curtains for the turbo. Nothing else to be done, new turbo.

Another, more trustworthy local garage suggested that because of the short journeys, the recycled exhaust gases tend to clog the inlet hoses/manifold. This makes the hoses narrower and therefore can increase the pressure passing the sensor to beyond its limit and for safety it puts the engine in limp mode. The garage suggested the first step was to try one of these engine deep cleans which involve pumping an additive through the engine while it's running and some more additive is left in the fuel tank to pass through the engine. This cost about £180, instead of a new turbo of £800+.

She had this done 18 months ago and to this day it has never once gone into limp mode since. So, it appears that the bloke was correct.

May be worth a try doing one of these cleans first - unless there is some other thing that can identify a ruined turbo more clearly. (Bear in mind that I'm no diesel engine expert!).



.... or maybe it won't work!

To be fair the guy that did mine was begrudgingly doing it under the terms of a 3 months "gentlemans agreement" warranty and said that "I've never done one of these before" so it's safe to say he was no turbo expert.

I'll get it sorted out eventually... at the moment I've just learned how to drive it so it doesn't affect me very often. Don't stamp on the accelerator before it's been running for a while and generally don't try and surprise the turbo by asking for loads of boost out of the blue!

 

[AdamNajak]

I think I posted this sob story on here before but I know someone who has a Corsa diesel. It's a desperate, gutless 1.3cdti which she ended up driving round town a lot. It kept going into limp mode with an 'overboost' fault and the local garage told her it was curtains for the turbo. Nothing else to be done, new turbo.

Another, more trustworthy local garage suggested that because of the short journeys, the recycled exhaust gases tend to clog the inlet hoses/manifold. This makes the hoses narrower and therefore can increase the pressure passing the sensor to beyond its limit and for safety it puts the engine in limp mode. The garage suggested the first step was to try one of these engine deep cleans which involve pumping an additive through the engine while it's running and some more additive is left in the fuel tank to pass through the engine. This cost about £180, instead of a new turbo of £800+.

She had this done 18 months ago and to this day it has never once gone into limp mode since. So, it appears that the bloke was correct.

May be worth a try doing one of these cleans first - unless there is some other thing that can identify a ruined turbo more clearly. (Bear in mind that I'm no diesel engine expert!).



.... or maybe it won't work!

Any idea where she got it done?

 

[AdamNajak]

Any of you guys heard of revive turbo cleaner http://www.cleanmyengine.co.uk/

How safe is it to do the Mr Muscle Clean could you give me a link?

Also have any of you tried an Italian tune up "It is sometimes possible to relieve the turbo by getting it up to a good high temperature for a few minutes - the "Italian tune-up". You need to be sure your car is in good condition, all servicing carried out properly and no cooling or lubrication issues. Find a piece of dual carriageway, preferably with an uphill gradient, and not too busy. Drive up it at 70mph in 3rd, which should have your engine close to maximum revs. Keep this up for five minutes or so - this will get the turbo hot enough to start burning off the carbon deposits."

 

[cupralite]

Any idea where she got it done?

A small local grease monkey emporium called Williams Garage in Birchwood, Warrington.

 

[AdamNajak]

Nice one any idea what the name of the treatment was?

 

[AdamNajak]

Ive done a few Italian tune ups and ot really seems to have helped I recommend you guys try it as well but ypu want to make sure u get it really hot 15 mins min I did the last one for 30 mins then drove normally to allow it to cool down

its started to pull in second & third gear after 2500 revs again