HDi limping home.

David W · Post by **David W** » 04 Oct 2004, 14:25

I'm trying to help a contact with a Xantia HDi Estate. He loves the car but the thing is driving him to despair by constantly going into limp-home mode. It happened 18 times on his recent hols!
Turning off and restarting always "resets" it and then it might last ten mins .....or ten days!!
Dealers have looked loads of times and changed (I think) the turbo pressure valve three times. I guess this is the thing indicated by their fault codes.
I've searched on past threads and found some info earlier in the year on similar issues. Also founds loads on other forums with owners also being driven mad by this limp-home issue.
If someone got really good at sorting these cars they would be very popular [:)]
Just wondered if anyone had heard of any solutions since the stuff posted here before the summer.
David

wheeler · Post by **wheeler** » 04 Oct 2004, 23:29

check the intercooler for leaks & check that all the vaccum pipes going between the electrovalves & the vaccum pump.

David W · Post by **David W** » 05 Oct 2004, 02:50

Thanks Wheeler. It seems it's worth checking all the cheap basics then before believing the dealers that you need this or that component on the say-so of their fault codes.
I've done even more research online since my first post and there are loads of folks suffering with this on various models with the HDi engine.
David

wheeler · Post by **wheeler** » 05 Oct 2004, 23:22

when checking those vaccum pipes i meant to say make sure that the pipes are clear & not choked up.