Calum122
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Hello,
So the other day I gave the engine bay a much needed jet wash...uhh didn't clean anything at all.
I then let it sit for about a week before I drove it next, it was just Sunday and I don't drive it during the week.
I noticed on the following Friday that below 2K the car is now undriveable, has low speed juddering and if you increase the throttle, nothing happens. After a few moments, the car lurches into boost a bit unexpectedly.
At first I thought it was just water got into somewhere it shouldn't, then I figured I must have blown a vacuum line off somewhere. But after a fair few weeks, and a good mooch around the engine bay, I can't seem to pin point the source of the fault.
To clarify, anything about 2K, 2.5K or 3K (One of them definitely 3K) the car drives and pulls hard. No hesitation in the upper rev range. I suspect it's a boost leak, and now I'm just working the turbo harder than necessary to overcome the leak.
Is there any other common thing that would cause this?
I was thinking, maybe the igniter, dizzy or leads are just getting old and new renewing. The spark plugs are like 5 years old as well, never changed the fuel filter. Air filter is 5 years old.
I'm reluctant to spend any money on this car at this moment in time, having spent thousands on it, and just in the process of buying a house. It only needs to last a few months then I'll pull the motor and give it a proper refresh.
But any ideas?
Cheers,
Calum
So the other day I gave the engine bay a much needed jet wash...uhh didn't clean anything at all.
I then let it sit for about a week before I drove it next, it was just Sunday and I don't drive it during the week.
I noticed on the following Friday that below 2K the car is now undriveable, has low speed juddering and if you increase the throttle, nothing happens. After a few moments, the car lurches into boost a bit unexpectedly.
At first I thought it was just water got into somewhere it shouldn't, then I figured I must have blown a vacuum line off somewhere. But after a fair few weeks, and a good mooch around the engine bay, I can't seem to pin point the source of the fault.
To clarify, anything about 2K, 2.5K or 3K (One of them definitely 3K) the car drives and pulls hard. No hesitation in the upper rev range. I suspect it's a boost leak, and now I'm just working the turbo harder than necessary to overcome the leak.
Is there any other common thing that would cause this?
I was thinking, maybe the igniter, dizzy or leads are just getting old and new renewing. The spark plugs are like 5 years old as well, never changed the fuel filter. Air filter is 5 years old.
I'm reluctant to spend any money on this car at this moment in time, having spent thousands on it, and just in the process of buying a house. It only needs to last a few months then I'll pull the motor and give it a proper refresh.
But any ideas?
Cheers,
Calum