expert van on 54 plate lack of power when warm

bayleaf · 03-13-2009, 03:43 PM

as above garage replaced air flow meter , air filter which made it better but not right , when you put your foot down there is nothing then after a second it takes off as if turbo cutting in which it may well be not sure how you tell , after say about 20 miles the dead bit gets longer and power when it does go is less , now after gargage did repair the turbo blew up could garage of caused that in any way ? just had a bill for £1600 but still have the lack of power as discribed , there are no lights on on dashboard , need to have this fixed but do i take it back to this garage i dont have confidence they can fix it , just charge me even more

Richie_asg1 · 03-13-2009, 04:59 PM

Fit a new fuel filter. It costs only a few quid, and you can do it yourself.
Many times these are charged for at a service and not actually done.

You will be amazed by the results. If it is not this, it will rule out fuel starvation, and only loss of a few quid. Buy online for much cheapness.

bayleaf · 03-16-2009, 01:31 PM

OK will try it , if its not that where do i go from there ?

03-13-2009, 03:43 PM	#1
bayleaf Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2	expert van on 54 plate lack of power when warm as above garage replaced air flow meter , air filter which made it better but not right , when you put your foot down there is nothing then after a second it takes off as if turbo cutting in which it may well be not sure how you tell , after say about 20 miles the dead bit gets longer and power when it does go is less , now after gargage did repair the turbo blew up could garage of caused that in any way ? just had a bill for £1600 but still have the lack of power as discribed , there are no lights on on dashboard , need to have this fixed but do i take it back to this garage i dont have confidence they can fix it , just charge me even more Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-13-2009, 04:59 PM	#2
Richie_asg1 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 118	Fit a new fuel filter. It costs only a few quid, and you can do it yourself. Many times these are charged for at a service and not actually done. You will be amazed by the results. If it is not this, it will rule out fuel starvation, and only loss of a few quid. Buy online for much cheapness. Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

03-16-2009, 01:31 PM	#3
bayleaf Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2	OK will try it , if its not that where do i go from there ? Share Share this post on Digg Del.icio.us Technorati Twitter

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