i recently brought another car for family use and today the car started to play up, it didnt want to accelerate past 3000 rpm.
i noticed the turbo was not running at this point, then a little while later it started to work again and the car ran fine.
my question is what could the fault be. i work during the day and my wife works nights so cant afford to have the car off the road to long.
the car is a mitsubishi carisma 2002 1.9 di d
any help would be much appreciated
I don't know if the Carisma uses Mitsubishi, Volvo, or Renault engine, but the problem sounds electrical.
If it uses the 1.9dci renault engine(same as the Nissan Primastar vans which im familiar with) then the first two areas I would look at are
1 . Air Flow Meter , faulty ones cause poor running and you wont achieve boost.
2. Wastegate Control Valve ( Boost Solenoid )
Both are common failures
this it the engine fitted it has the code of fq9.
http://www.autoweb.co.uk/media/image...-hatchback.jpg
the turbo does work most of the time , i done 50 miles on it with out any problems. is there anyway i can test these parts.
i for got to add there is no smoke and no warning lights on
Last edited by modfather; 26-01-2015 at 21:46.
Check the very thin boost control pipes that are very easy to disconnect. I had the same problem with my passat 1.9tdi and it was those.
thanks all for your help, turns out it was the egr valve.
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