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My 110jtd Marea has struggled with poor performance, poor economy and intermittent black smoke under acceleration ever since I bought it 18m ago. It has only done 70k miles and I have replaced the MAF, cleaned out + checked the EGR, changed air filter, checked piping to turbo actuator and performed an ECU reset. I have even had the clutch and flywheel changed at a cost of £700 because it was starting to slip and thought this might be contributing.
I average about 42-43mpg in mixed driving and the performance up hills etc is such that my girlfriend's 1.2 Bravo leaves me for dust!! It is particularly 'flat' below 2500 revs, after this there is often a surge in performance as if the turbo has kicked in or fuelling has increased but not always.
When the engine is cold it performs much better. I also tried a tuning box which improved performance but worsened smoke.
Any ideas?
Cheers, Andy
I average about 42-43mpg in mixed driving and the performance up hills etc is such that my girlfriend's 1.2 Bravo leaves me for dust!! It is particularly 'flat' below 2500 revs, after this there is often a surge in performance as if the turbo has kicked in or fuelling has increased but not always.
When the engine is cold it performs much better. I also tried a tuning box which improved performance but worsened smoke.
Any ideas?
Cheers, Andy