R60 Turbo holding back
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Turbo holding back
Has anyone experienced a situation where when you floor the car and you are in boost it feels like its holding back a bit,almost like the feeling of a clogged filter.You can actually hear the boost kind of fluttering and feel the power go and come.
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Do a search on the subject. You need Plugs if over 30k miles ( doesn't matter what the book says) and you may need Coils. Very common, can both be done in 20 minutes or less. Cost around $130 total for parts if not under warranty. Its losing spark as boost builds.
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Car is doing exactly 30,000kms. I changed the spark plugs less than 1000kms ago though.
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That sort of sounds like one of the symptoms I had when my wastegate was shot. For example, I was on the freeway and changed lanes to accelerate past another car. There was just the smallest bit of incline to the road, I would not even call it an uphill section of the road. When I pushed the accelerator the car started to pick up speed, but then just didn’t go any faster, even when I pushed down a little more on the pedal. It felt like I was driving through molasses or something, then I pushed further on the gas ...... and “Do De Doo” the dreaded half engine light and limp-mode. Funny thing is, this weird molasses moment, only happened like twice. The rest of the time it seemed to pop right into limp mode much sooner almost as soon as I tried to accelerate on an incline. The ECU wanted boost, and it just wasn’t there.
Thats why I doubt I’m being very helpful. Your turbo is probably fine, but it sounded eerily similar to what mine did a few times. Might be worth checking out if you can’t figure it out. I could still hear mine spool up fine, it just wouldn’t make enough (or hold any) boost.
Good luck! I’m curious to find out what it is.
Thats why I doubt I’m being very helpful. Your turbo is probably fine, but it sounded eerily similar to what mine did a few times. Might be worth checking out if you can’t figure it out. I could still hear mine spool up fine, it just wouldn’t make enough (or hold any) boost.
Good luck! I’m curious to find out what it is.
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