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Cant really afford to go to a garage, can probably fix it myself if its nothing major but no idea what it could be
Do I just buy another car?
That doesn't compute. Unless you buy a really cheap car (a banger) which will also need work.
Do you have breakdown? Take it for a drive and then come and get them to diagnose it? Worst case you get recovered back to your garage/home!
Sounds like lack of air or fuel...filters, airleaks, exhaust clogged with mud, collapsing intake pipes etc etc.
That doesn’t compute. Unless you buy a really cheap car (a banger) which will also need work.
To be fair, I've got exactly the same car, bought at the height of the COVID Tax on Berlingos for the princely sum of £625 and it's done 2 years/20k.
Bought entirely on the basis that the first trip to the garage will write it off. Even a set of tyres would cost more than what it cost minus the scrap value!
I had very similar symptoms with my old diesel 3l Saab. No warning lights at all but turbo clearly not working. All the Googling I did pointed to a loose pipe, but as I couldn’t access it I took it to my local ‘specialist’, who informed me the turbo was goosed and it was 3k to fix
Before I scrapped it I popped into a local garage that specialized in diesel motors. 15 min later and the price of a new jubilee clip and it was as good as new.
Sounds exactly like my To Iran, there was a thread a few months ago, would randomly lose power, difficult to start. Eventually did exactly what you're did, had to drop into 3rd and rev the tits off it to get up a hill I'd normally do in 5th or 6th. Eventually stopped and wouldn't start again, had to be recovered. Exhaust system was completely sooted up. I sold it as a non runner, bloke who bought it replaced EGR valve and a few other things and sold it on. I'm still waiting for my new car I ordered 14 weeks ago.....
RNP
is the flexi pipe part #1? 
Its covered in oil and cant see the back but clips etc all seem to be in order
Ive had this 4years and it cost much less than thisisnotaspoon's, so if I scrap it and spend £1000 on another banger, I'll probably be able to sell it on without too much loss, meanwhile I can get back to work and make some more money
have a lok at it whilst its running and have someone give it a load of throttle. It should be fairly obvious if its leaking
A cheap endoscope from eBay might also help this.
I had another look while waiting for the garage to call me back, and noticed the air inlet pipe loose on the manifold, pushed it back on, and everything seems to work properly now!
Thanks very much for all your help,especially RNP
Looks like I'll get another year out of this old car
On the other hand, a Merc C class nearby for £1000 is very tempting
Good result. Funny though, my car did not behave as you describe when I hadn't put a hose back on properly and it popped off. Just goes to show how different cars can be.
Good result. Funny though, my car did not behave as you describe when I hadn’t put a hose back on properly and it popped off. Just goes to show how different cars can be.
Yes it's strange,if I unplug the MAF sensor it'll run fine, but disconnect the pipe upstream and it goes like a threetoed sloth
Yes it’s strange,if I unplug the MAF sensor it’ll run fine, but disconnect the pipe upstream and it goes like a threetoed sloth
I only figured my MAF was dead by the fact I was getting <500miles to a tank and it was smokey in rear view headlights.
Thanks very much for all your help,especially RNP
No problems - I'd seen your post on BerlingoTrackWorld.com as well.
Torque can't read the status of all the computers on the CANbus, the issue might be elsewhere than the ECU
if I unplug the MAF sensor it’ll run fine
If you do that it would probably revert to a default value based on the pressure and temperature. So it'd be running maybe slightly smoky or be slightly down on power but you wouldn't necessarily notice. But turbo would work.
I just read the whole.thread being jealous that my 1.9d is not a 2.0 hdi.