Xantia TD Lack of power
Moderator: RichardW
Xantia TD Lack of power
My Xantia TD (M reg, 150K) has a lack of power above 3200 rpm, the torque is as expected and it pulls well between 2100 and 3100 but then rapidly dies of above this rpm. As a result the car is flat out at 85 - 90 mph on the motorway. I have changedthe fuel filter and am sure the engine is not being fuel starved, I have fitted a boost guage and the boost is fine at about 0.8 bar. The car has a Bosch injection pump. Now I'm a bit stuck really the only thing I can think of is the fuel / boost sensor is not working properly?
Check for air leaks in the rubber hose that leads from the metal pipe on the bulkhead to the fuel filter. You may as well replace it and all the other crummy rubber fuel hoses Citroën supplied with the car; if they havn't started causing trouble yet, they soon will!
A cheap fix that usually solves a lot of strange problems.
//NiSk
A cheap fix that usually solves a lot of strange problems.
//NiSk
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I had a simular problem with my 1996 1.9 TD. Check the return and flow plastic air pipes from the turbo to the intercooler, after a recent cam belt change one of the jubilee clip connections behind the cyliner head had come loose, allowing the pipe to dislodge, I lost all turbo boost. The lack of power was compensated for by the superb noise it made as the turbo came on boost! It took 5 minutes to find the loose hose, and connect back up.