No power black smoke coming out from the exhaust
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Hello guys i brought a Vauxhall Astra h 1.7cdti 2009 after owning the car for 3 days the turbo blew up. My mechanic replaced the turbo the car had no power and is burning the fuel black smoke coming out from the exhaust. It is very slow on 1st gear it goes up to 2-3k rpm and sometimes gains power after 3k but usually it doesnt but on higher gears it has more power. My mechanic changed the wastegate solenoid that did not resolve the issue. He cleaned out the egr valve and still no improvement he disconnected it and still the same. I dont know what to do with this car Its my work car i couldnt work for months and lost a lot of money. Today i disconnected the maf sensor the engine did not cut off i dont know if that is normal. I am thinking to change the fuel filter but i dont know if that will resolve the issue. My mechanic thinks the ecu is not working properly. It also shows not fault codes but when i disconnected the maf it did show a fault code. Any ideas please someone help me out. I took it to different mechanics they couldn't resolve the issue aswell. The car was running fine before the turbo blew up.
MrPetrolHead said:
Hello guys i brought a Vauxhall Astra h 1.7cdti 2009 after owning the car for 3 days the turbo blew up. My mechanic replaced the turbo the car had no power and is burning the fuel black smoke coming out from the exhaust. It is very slow on 1st gear it goes up to 2-3k rpm and sometimes gains power after 3k but usually it doesnt but on higher gears it has more power. My mechanic changed the wastegate solenoid that did not resolve the issue. He cleaned out the egr valve and still no improvement he disconnected it and still the same. I dont know what to do with this car Its my work car i couldnt work for months and lost a lot of money. Today i disconnected the maf sensor the engine did not cut off i dont know if that is normal. I am thinking to change the fuel filter but i dont know if that will resolve the issue. My mechanic thinks the ecu is not working properly. It also shows not fault codes but when i disconnected the maf it did show a fault code. Any ideas please someone help me out. I took it to different mechanics they couldn't resolve the issue aswell. The car was running fine before the turbo blew up.
Black sooty smoke and lack of power is a sign of excess fuelling, which is usually due to an air leak somewhere between the MAF sensor and the cylinder. Check all the hoses between the air filter and the turbo, then from the turbo to the intercooler, looking for cracks or damage. It could also be the intercooler itself has got holed.
You bought another car and had the exact same problems as one a few weeks ago ?
How bizarre...
No power...no boost...black smoke...shouts of a boost leak. But then pretty sure I stated that a few weeks back too.
Find a mechanic who isnt a complete and utter retard and it should be easy enough to resolve.
How bizarre...
No power...no boost...black smoke...shouts of a boost leak. But then pretty sure I stated that a few weeks back too.
Find a mechanic who isnt a complete and utter retard and it should be easy enough to resolve.
stevieturbo said:
You bought another car and had the exact same problems as one a few weeks ago ?
How bizarre...
No power...no boost...black smoke...shouts of a boost leak. But then pretty sure I stated that a few weeks back too.
Find a mechanic who isnt a complete and utter retard and it should be easy enough to resolve.
No boost leaks bro he checked that outHow bizarre...
No power...no boost...black smoke...shouts of a boost leak. But then pretty sure I stated that a few weeks back too.
Find a mechanic who isnt a complete and utter retard and it should be easy enough to resolve.
MrPetrolHead said:
stevieturbo said:
You bought another car and had the exact same problems as one a few weeks ago ?
How bizarre...
No power...no boost...black smoke...shouts of a boost leak. But then pretty sure I stated that a few weeks back too.
Find a mechanic who isnt a complete and utter retard and it should be easy enough to resolve.
No boost leaks bro he checked that outHow bizarre...
No power...no boost...black smoke...shouts of a boost leak. But then pretty sure I stated that a few weeks back too.
Find a mechanic who isnt a complete and utter retard and it should be easy enough to resolve.
While I don't know that car (despite reading about it in so many threads recently), some cars deliberately try to prevent you from applying power and brakes at the same time. It is a right PITA when you are trying to drive them properly. If you have the hand brake or foot brake applied (or the car thinks you do) and won't let you apply power, that might be what's happening. Getting out of the way when you close and reopen the throttle would fit with that.
GreenV8S said:
While I don't know that car (despite reading about it in so many threads recently), some cars deliberately try to prevent you from applying power and brakes at the same time. It is a right PITA when you are trying to drive them properly. If you have the hand brake or foot brake applied (or the car thinks you do) and won't let you apply power, that might be what's happening. Getting out of the way when you close and reopen the throttle would fit with that.
based on his descriptions...noAnd in any case, it would only take a retard with 3 brain cells and one eye to check on a laptop with suitable software as to whether any brake switches, clutch switches etc are active to determine if that is even a possibility. Total time to check...maybe 2 minutes.
In fact...total time to check a multitude of things here would take very little time at all. But it seems his chosen mechanics have no brain cells and no eyes.
The difficult part isnt fixing the car....it's finding a mechanic with a brain !
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