Today the engine management light came on and the car went into limp mode. Its done this before and a quick off on on of the ignition cleared the light and restored power.
I did the same off and on with the ignition today and the fault cleared, but it came back again and again. Roughly ten times in total.
The fault happens after doing a slow speed for a good few miles and then speeding up.
I've also noticed that when not in limp mode there is still a noticable loss in power and also a whoosing noise on hard acceleration. There is also more smoke than usual. Revving the car when standing still produces alot of black smoke. This has never happened before today.
I'm thinking that an intercooler pipe or the intercooler itself is stuffed.
I've popped the bonnet and held the air pipes whilst the car is revved and they balloon up quite a bit.
Any help would be great, thanks.
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