Focus 1.8 TDCi turbo problems???

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stuart.d.jones@gmail.com - 19 Jul 2006 22:13 GMT

Hi,

I test-drove a 1.8 TDCi Focus Ghia at the weekend, loved it, and bought
it.

Picked up the car today, drives like a different car. It seems the
turbo just isn't kicking in at all, which means I struggled to hit
70mph (120kmh) on the motorway - it just completely runs out of power
round about the 2000rpm mark. Does anyone have any suggestions what
could be causing this? I'll be taking it back to the dealer, but if
anyone else has suffered similar, I could at least give them a clue
what to look at first.

Cheers

:-(

Stu

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ford_technical_ - 20 Jul 2006 00:39 GMT

go to the dealer and ask for a roadtest with the foreman.im not going to
say wot this might or might not be,cos without driving it myself, i could
be sending someone,somewhere,( like me) down the garden path...

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Stu - 21 Jul 2006 13:47 GMT

Turns out it was a faulty Turbo Boost Pressure Sensor.

> go to the dealer and ask for a roadtest with the foreman.im not going to
> say wot this might or might not be,cos without driving it myself, i could
> be sending someone,somewhere,( like me) down the garden path...

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Stu - 25 Jul 2006 12:05 GMT

> Turns out it was a faulty Turbo Boost Pressure Sensor.

.....or not. Damn diagnostics giving me false hope!

They've now replaced that, and messed about with it for 3 days, and
still can't get it running properly, so it's off to a Diesel specialist

:-(

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