My '08 1.3 multijet had an 'engine failure' warning come up 300 miles into a 370 mile trip. The engine has reduced power and the turbo doesn't appear to be working. Theres no smoke and engine runs fine just very limited power. Any suggestions? Thanks.

To be honest, with the 1.3 it could be a number of things.

Is there a management lamp on? If so, I would suggest getting the fault codes read first.

Thanks Andoo. Yeah, engine management light on, cars in the garage now with a whole host of error codes up. Going down the route of the EGR at the moment, does that seem feesible?

It is possible, but if the EGR valve plays up at all, it normally jams open & causes problems.

The EGR valve is more of a means to cool the fuel burn by recycling some of it it through the intake to the combustion process. This helps reduce emissions, especially at idle.

Normally, you would get a lumpy idle if the valve is jammed open. If it is closed on the other hand, the burning of fuel is hotter, there is a more pronounced smell at the exhaust (like on old old diesel engines, real back of your throat, stingy eyes smell).

I'm afraid I don't know too much about the 1300, but I do know they are prone to things like the timing chain tensioner wearing, the chain can then jump a tooth and create problems starting and running. The main fault there being (apart from the timing being off) is the crank & cam sensors are out of sync and this confuses the ECU.

However, any decent tech with a good code reader will spot that immediately.