C5 limp home first thing?

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robg58
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C5 limp home first thing?

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Just picked up my third C5,first one son crashed ,second one I was involved in a multi car shunt on the motorway=written off.Third time lucky.
It has done 125000 miles no service history,but looking back the old MOT advisory notes not needed much over the years , came with 5 brand new tyres for the sx version for £350 at auction.Only 2 weeks mot , quick look over put it in for mot sailed through straight away.
My question is , this car as well as the last one had the same fault,upon starting in the morning you can't drive past 50mph/about 2500 revs , at exactly the same point on the road with both cars(about a mile from the house) it's almost if somebody gives it a boot up the butt and the turbo? kicks in ,drives fine for the rest of the day.What causes this?
What is the best interface to get for reading codes,it's 2002 model 2.0hdi.

Rob
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Re: C5 limp home first thing?

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robg58 wrote:What is the best interface to get for reading codes,it's 2002 model 2.0hdi.
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