BRIAN48 Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 Hi all, help please regarding a fault that developed this morning while accelerating in third gear. I was accelerating through the gears when all of a sudden there was a loudish bang from the engine and also felt something on the steering, as though i had ran over a bolt or something similar. From then on the engine would struggle to accelerate at all, coughing and spluttering so i could only maintain about 20 mph. The engine will idle fine and also accelerates when not in gear (although a little rough) . The steering and suspension are fine . There does seem to be more noise coming from the front of the exhaust ( possibly the downpipe area but cant see). I have scanned with vag.com and no error codes were found. The car is a 1.9tdi Ghia, 2004 model, 130ps. Any help gratefully appreciated Quote
BRIAN48 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Posted November 23, 2011 engine mount/stabilizer bar? Hi Gregers, thanks for your post, I did read it could be the stabilizer bar, I have tried to rock the engine and it feels very solid. Would this cause the car to struggle to reach 20mph with engine also spluttering ? Quote
BRIAN48 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Posted November 23, 2011 turbo blown?any smoke?Hi Fred, no smoke at time of incident but a few minutes later after some rough running, there was a puff of whitish smoke on trying to accelerate....hope its not a blown turbo, thatg sounds very expensive. thanks for your post Quote
chromedome Posted November 23, 2011 Report Posted November 23, 2011 If the CAT goes the engine runs badly. Quote
BRIAN48 Posted November 23, 2011 Author Report Posted November 23, 2011 If the CAT goes the engine runs badly. Thanks for that Chromedome, looks like trip to a garage, lets hope they can diagnose the problem and it isnt too expensive. Quote
BRIAN48 Posted November 25, 2011 Author Report Posted November 25, 2011 Good news today, took the car to a local garage (non Ford) explained the symptoms to the owner and a few hours later got a call saying that a turbo pipe had come adrift. They said the clip was loose so drilled a hole and inserted a self tapping screw to hold the pipe in place. Result, my Galaxy is now back to normal, and all for sixty quid. Wonder what a Ford dealer might have charged for finding the same problem ???? Thanks to those of you for your help and advice on this matter. Quote
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