DoIDon'tI
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One for you long-distance fault diagnosis people. Here's the story; I went to see Keithglos the other day to pick up some wheels, it's about 175 miles so it was nice to remember how well 2.4 Cromas handle motorways. Well it was, until I realised on the M5 that I seemed to be using a large amount of accelerator pedal travel to keep with the traffic.
My immediate thought was that the DPF was perhaps getting clogged, so as I was leaving the motorway I gave it some hoof and the car suddenly lost power, accompanied by the 'check engine' light and warning. I was near Keith's house so carried on but struggled a bit up the hills as the car had gone into 'limp home' mode. At this point the DPF was also trying to regenerate as I was getting the customary 'rumble' from the rear silencer.
Got the wheels and had a very pleasant cup of coffee and shortbread biccie from Keith, who is a gentleman and perfect host. On the way back I was still toying with the idea of the DPF being clogged so tried using some revs but the car wasn't really very happy. Got back on the motorway but decided it was too dangerous to continue (due to lack of power and throttle response - limp home means just that).
When the recovery van arrived the code given by the car was P0238 - Turbocharger Boost Sensor A Circuit High. When it was reset it would come back on again once the car was revved. Cue a 150-mile journey with some new company to talk to.
I've since fixed the car, but I'd like to hear what everyone thinks it was...
My immediate thought was that the DPF was perhaps getting clogged, so as I was leaving the motorway I gave it some hoof and the car suddenly lost power, accompanied by the 'check engine' light and warning. I was near Keith's house so carried on but struggled a bit up the hills as the car had gone into 'limp home' mode. At this point the DPF was also trying to regenerate as I was getting the customary 'rumble' from the rear silencer.
Got the wheels and had a very pleasant cup of coffee and shortbread biccie from Keith, who is a gentleman and perfect host. On the way back I was still toying with the idea of the DPF being clogged so tried using some revs but the car wasn't really very happy. Got back on the motorway but decided it was too dangerous to continue (due to lack of power and throttle response - limp home means just that).
When the recovery van arrived the code given by the car was P0238 - Turbocharger Boost Sensor A Circuit High. When it was reset it would come back on again once the car was revved. Cue a 150-mile journey with some new company to talk to.
I've since fixed the car, but I'd like to hear what everyone thinks it was...