26-01-2013, 09:18 PM
Hi guys,
Picked up my Phase 1 D Turbo last weekend. Was a 210 mile drive back home, and engine and turbo seemed fine, kicked in at around 2500rpm, and sitting at 60/70 on the motorway in 5th... put foot down and it would pull well and you could hear the turbo spool up (more so because I have the bonnet sound deadening missing).
Anyway, few days later and I noticed that the turbo didn't seem to kick in. I put a post up just before this to say that I thought my accelerator cable was knackered as the throttle pedal was very stiff.
So I thought perhaps the throttle wasn't opening correctly, therefore not getting up in revs and not allowing turbo to kick in.
Did a small trip today, going up a slight hill in second/third and it struggled to pull much more than 20 or 30 mph!!
On the motorway, it won't do much more than 60 or 70 mph unless there is a decline to help the car increase speed.
It doesn't seem to accelerate much at all. Had a quick look at the accelerator cable in the engine bay, whilst someone put their foot down on the accelerator, and seemed ok.
However, the accelerator pedal definitely doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel like it has full travel, it could just be me, but it doesn't seem to go down enough if that makes sense.
Anyway, any ideas what this could be? Possible cable related, or an air leak or something somewhere?
Would appreciate some help as it's very frustrating having people up my ass when going up a hill and they think I'm deliberately driving very slow when in fact I can't go any faster
Cheers
Picked up my Phase 1 D Turbo last weekend. Was a 210 mile drive back home, and engine and turbo seemed fine, kicked in at around 2500rpm, and sitting at 60/70 on the motorway in 5th... put foot down and it would pull well and you could hear the turbo spool up (more so because I have the bonnet sound deadening missing).
Anyway, few days later and I noticed that the turbo didn't seem to kick in. I put a post up just before this to say that I thought my accelerator cable was knackered as the throttle pedal was very stiff.
So I thought perhaps the throttle wasn't opening correctly, therefore not getting up in revs and not allowing turbo to kick in.
Did a small trip today, going up a slight hill in second/third and it struggled to pull much more than 20 or 30 mph!!
On the motorway, it won't do much more than 60 or 70 mph unless there is a decline to help the car increase speed.
It doesn't seem to accelerate much at all. Had a quick look at the accelerator cable in the engine bay, whilst someone put their foot down on the accelerator, and seemed ok.
However, the accelerator pedal definitely doesn't feel right. It doesn't feel like it has full travel, it could just be me, but it doesn't seem to go down enough if that makes sense.
Anyway, any ideas what this could be? Possible cable related, or an air leak or something somewhere?
Would appreciate some help as it's very frustrating having people up my ass when going up a hill and they think I'm deliberately driving very slow when in fact I can't go any faster
Cheers
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