Turbo Died Then Resurrected

[Fearns]

Hi i was driving oop norf on saturday just got onto M25 and went to overtake a car and noticed not much happening when putting my foot down, hit the throttle a few times and there was no pull whatsoever, 2 mins later engine management light comes on dash pulls off motorway and it was like the turbo wasnt kicking in car was like a real slug struggling to pull so i stopped turned engine off left it for 5 mins and started up again and all was fine, been fine ever since anyone reckon i should take it in to dealers to get it checked out! oh nearly forgot its a 1.9 cdti 150.

[Strummerd]

Looks like the car went into limp mode when the ecu detects a fault,could be anything usually a sensor somewhere.If it re-occururs get it to Vx as the fault will be stored in the ecu. I had simular fault and it was the crank sensor at fault.

[DennisTheMenace]

mine did the same going up the A303 near podimore roundabout , i did have some berk in a vw sat up my yarseso cracked it open in 4th and 5th got to 4.5k in 5th and thecar with a spanner through the roof lit up , quickly flicked the ign off the back on and left him behind .....

[Gsi3.2]

The oly way to find out for sure what the issue was is to get it into the dealer before you have done 20 restarts.. it will still be a 'live' code then and more easy for them to trace..

[G.O'Rilla]

The oly way to find out for sure what the issue was is to get it into the dealer before you have done 20 restarts.. it will still be a 'live' code then and more easy for them to trace..

Never knew that....... So after 20 restarts the recorded fault is effectively archived and not easy to trace.

I wonder how many other people simply thought that once the fault was logged then that was it. Is this just peculiar to VX or an industry standard?

[Gsi3.2]

AFAIK is just all down to how the ECU is designed..

Having worked on FFAARR too many vauxhalls, i just really know about their particular ECU's and what they do.. The Ren-nooo's that i've laid my hands on have a similar arrangement but i don't think that it has anything to do with a 'standard'..

However.. since the introduction of 'OBD' and 'CAN' compliant cars it may now be a feature of them.. i'll just have to get under the bonnet of a wider range of cars to find that one out for you..

[DennisTheMenace]

Renaults start clearing codes after a set time , because if they didnt they would run out of room for storing them , renault are trying to fix the problem by fitting 30gb hard drives ......

[Gsi3.2]

still not enough storage space!!!

3 ren-NOOOO's in the family still... but one's going!!!