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Post by phaeton on Nov 19, 2018 9:39:55 GMT
As some of you know the SLK went the other week & has been replaced with a Volvo C30 1.6D which TBH I am quite enjoying, it just seems less work than the Rav4 on the commute. I normally drive the cars like the Granddad that I am & go for economy over flying around getting there 2 minutes earlier. The car came with a full tank of diesel of unknown origin so last week when it said there was around 150 miles left in the tank & as I was passing Costco I filled it up, about £55 if I remember right.
Out on Saturday there was slow moving tractor, so I floored the accelerator to get past & wasn't impressed with how if picked up, then a little while after it seemed to lose a lot of power just as though the turbo wasn't working, no lights on dashboard as I remember. We stopped for lunch & when we came out & restarted the car the EML was on & it was in limp mode, so we drove home. I put the bluetooth reader in & brought up Torque on the phone there were 2 codes logged a P258 (I think) & a P242F both referring to the DPF, had a quick read to find it's when the DPF gets clogged. So I took it out onto the A1M put it in 4th it would only rev to 2800 which is about 70mph, the passenger then cleared the code, the car would immediately surge forward to 3400, then there was a hard cut & it dropped back to 2800. We continued to do this for 15 miles up the A1m & then back down again at which point it then decided it was a happy again & since then no more issues.
I'm wondering if the previous owner(s) only used it around town, 8 years old & only done 33K, maybe the Costco fuel cleared a little bit too much crap out too quickly, maybe I need to stop driving like Miss Daisy every now & again. It's a shame as it's a nice car, but has tainted itself a little by this, it's sown that seed of doubt.
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Post by Mb2t on Nov 19, 2018 11:29:38 GMT
For further cleaning i would try a dolop (a can...) of bg244. It did help my previous diesel, and now i use one every 10k miles.
M.
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Post by unclebob on Nov 19, 2018 12:43:13 GMT
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Post by phaeton on Nov 19, 2018 13:25:10 GMT
Thank you for that, I have been advised to check the hoses in case they are split, but I suspected they would have been underneath the car so was erring against going looking just yet, but as that says they are at the side of the battery I'll definately be looking.
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aleman
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Post by aleman on Nov 19, 2018 14:35:09 GMT
Can I interest you in a couple of 500ml bottles of Millers Eco-Max Cetane enhancer for diesel engines (whistle)  |
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Post by phaeton on Nov 19, 2018 14:53:28 GMT
Do they come free with the wipers 
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Post by charliefarlie on Nov 19, 2018 17:26:15 GMT
Is that the much shared 1.6 diesel fitted to Minis Fords and lots of other manufacturers  ? |
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Post by phaeton on Nov 20, 2018 13:23:04 GMT
Is that the much shared 1.6 diesel fitted to Minis Fords and lots of other manufacturers ?
Yes it would seem so, I bought with my eyes & not my brain it appears, but all is not lost, it's recoverable, just needs love & affection,
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Post by charliefarlie on Nov 20, 2018 18:15:45 GMT
Is that the much shared 1.6 diesel fitted to Minis Fords and lots of other manufacturers ?
Yes it would seem so, I bought with my eyes & not my brain it appears, but all is not lost, it's recoverable, just needs love & affection,
Good engines but do not like pootling around. They need a good thrash now and then. Had that engine in my Fiesta Sport van. They are prone to clogging the supply and return oil pipe to the turbo. Cheap easy job to do. Oil changes are very important and use top quality oil. My van van had been driven by a female and at first it felt restricted and unwilling. But a really heavy dose of Millers and driven hard and the wee van flew.... Hardy engines but oil and those pipes all important. |
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Post by three5 on Nov 20, 2018 20:22:31 GMT
Yes it would seem so, I bought with my eyes & not my brain it appears, but all is not lost, it's recoverable, just needs love & affection,
Good engines but do not like pootling around. They need a good thrash now and then. Had that engine in my Fiesta Sport van. They are prone to clogging the supply and return oil pipe to the turbo. Cheap easy job to do. Oil changes are very important and use top quality oil. My van van had been driven by a female and at first it felt restricted and unwilling. But a really heavy dose of Millers and driven hard and the wee van flew.... Hardy engines but oil and those pipes all important. What we used to refer to years ago as an "Italian de-coke" perhaps? :TU: |
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Post by unclebob on Nov 20, 2018 20:33:15 GMT
I had a mate who worked for Jaguar ..many of the old XJS cars needed the said Italian de-coke to clear out all the muck....road behind was just black/grey soot 😉
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Post by three5 on Nov 20, 2018 20:45:12 GMT
I had a mate who worked for Jaguar ..many of the old XJS cars needed the said Italian de-coke to clear out all the muck....road behind was just black/grey soot 😉 I might have guessed that you would know the term Bob  |
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Post by unclebob on Nov 20, 2018 20:55:38 GMT
Bit of an 80s thing so just remember it 😉
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Post by phaeton on Nov 20, 2018 21:51:10 GMT
Bit of an 80s thing so just remember it 😉 |
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Post by anchorman on Nov 21, 2018 7:55:14 GMT
It just goes to show though. How many times do we hear “it only happens on a useless RAV - this is my last Toyota!”. I’m getting it all the time on the CX5 forums. Nobody accepts that it’s a “making the crudest form of fuel run clean thing”.
It’s making the best of an almost impossible job. My way is branded fuel, very good quality low ash oil, the odd thrash up a good hill, supplements of Millers or Archoil additive (I’m alternating between the two at the moment) and I don’t think the odd can of BG244 is a bad idea at all.
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