1st gear rubbish?

**mrk** · 15th June 2010, 17:19

just wondering if 1st gear is rubbish in the 1.9 cdti 150 as mine just gets me moving and its time for 2nd also i'm sure it pulled better when i 1st got it 3 months ago there seemed to be a 2nd boost around 2500 rpm this seems to have dissapeared or perhaps i've just got used to it? my last car was a1.9 tbo 405 lol.any advice welcomed (i've a feeling the egr valve may be mentioned)

**Vaux-Man-G** · 15th June 2010, 17:24

I think you have nailed that one.....sound very much like the dreaded EGR Valve.

Have you given it a clean out?

How many miles, etc?

**mrk** · 15th June 2010, 17:36

70,000 not cleaned it yet been hoping it would mend it's self .hope it's not a big job .i checked the how 2 but the photo bucket snaps need opening 1 at a time looks like a pain .

**pscocoa** · 15th June 2010, 22:46

can I just understand better this thread please - I too am unimpressed with 1st gear on the 150 cdti - just to be clear I take it this is nothing to do with EGR that was just referring to the second part of original question wasn't it?

**mrk** · 16th June 2010, 20:22

yes the problem is the lack of go in most gears below 2000 rpm

**chris1804** · 16th June 2010, 20:40

i get this in my 2.0dti some times i get a turbo boost and sometimes i dont im gonna try the egr valve again, is there a test you can do before we buy another egr valve? how do you test them, last time when i had it out the plunger was hard to move if i spayed it with wd40 would you think that would help when all cleaned again? sorry to hi-jack lol