Panda IIs said:

Fingers crossed for a rubber hose or the like...

Assume the oil level is ok? Not the easiest dip stick to read, but use a clean piece of tissue and lay the business end of the stick on it immediately on removal - tissue absorbs oil indicating level. If you can see the oil because its black; change it pretty damn quick as they say!

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Al D said:

Peter Rawlings hope they lend you the Green Panda TA 4x4 66 plate they've just got in....

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Panda IIs said:

Fingers crossed for a rubber hose or the like...

Assume the oil level is ok? Not the easiest dip stick to read, but use a clean piece of tissue and lay the business end of the stick on it immediately on removal - tissue absorbs oil indicating level. If you can see the oil because its black; change it pretty damn quick as they say!

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Panda IIs said:

There's lots of, I'm sure, good advice on this threads re turbos, but... I would also consider whether the uni-air module is mis-behaving. My experience with a 50k miles TA was as you describe, power loss, feeling of running on one cylinder etc. My specialist (not dealership) garage in the end had to throw their collective hands in the air and apologised taking it to a dealership for the diagnosis.

The uni-air module provides the variable valve timing that gets this engine buzzing and effectively producing 100+ horses per litre which back in the day was every mini tuners holy grail! The module bolts onto the head and uses the engine oil to vary valve timing and lift hydraulically; thus making oil changes and grades, and indeed levels, absolutely critical.

A new unit was in the order of 800GBP fitted

There's quite a good supplier's technical briefing linked elsewhere on this forum or search for INA variable valve timing or similar.

Good luck

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Peter Rawlings said:

I guess if there was a uni-air module fault it would show up on the diagnostic? My recent diagnostic revealed nothing though...

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