Lost power
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Lost power
Grrrr what is it with my car (a 307 110hdi) cruising along at 75 on a slight incline yesterday when it suddenly lost about half of its power, no warning lights, nothing, pulled over, turned off, had a look under the bonnet like ya do, it looked just the same as it always did started up and carried on still only half power but as long as there was no hills I could get it up to 70 again Any ideas
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Re: Lost power
No warning lights ?
MAF maybe as that can cause these issues without any warning lights coming on.
MAF maybe as that can cause these issues without any warning lights coming on.
Andy.
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02 106D, TUD5B, gone but not really missed apart from the MPG
Re: Lost power
spider wrote:No warning lights ?
MAF maybe as that can cause these issues without any warning lights coming on.
Thanks for that, where is it on this car, what does it look like
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Re: Lost power
Looks like this (this is on a C5) on the right-hand hose, coming out of the airbox with the electrical connector on it.
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Try disconnecting and cleaning the electrical connector first (contact cleaner, not WD40) as they don't usually just die but have a gradual deterioration for a while.
This is one after loads of muck and water were sucked in to the induction system due to a missing wheel arch liner in winter - needless to say it was cabbaged.
Don't touch the two wires or drop the unit, they are very delicate.
You can try cleaning the wires with either carburettor cleaner or dedicated MAF cleaner.
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Try disconnecting and cleaning the electrical connector first (contact cleaner, not WD40) as they don't usually just die but have a gradual deterioration for a while.
This is one after loads of muck and water were sucked in to the induction system due to a missing wheel arch liner in winter - needless to say it was cabbaged.
Don't touch the two wires or drop the unit, they are very delicate.
You can try cleaning the wires with either carburettor cleaner or dedicated MAF cleaner.
Re: Lost power
Thanks for all the info guys, I will be looking at it tomorrow so here's hoping it is that simple
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Re: Lost power
first check and easiest is to disconnect the blue electrical connector ( in the middle of the firewall behind the motor) that controls the exhaust gas recirculator (EGR) valve then take it for a drive. This is very similar to the problem I was having. Since I disconnected the EGR I have not had one instance of power loss.
Re: Lost power
Can I get to this blue connecter from the bonnet or underneath the car???