Freelander TD4 power problem - car slows down in 5th gear!!!

My manual TD4 has suddenly (well, that's how it seems) become very sluggish.

It now takes an eternity to accelerate through gears 1 to 4, and not until
around 2500 revs does there seem to be any power (turbo kicks in?).

I can be doing 55mph in 4th, change up to 5th and, with my foot to the
floor, the car slows down to 50 or less. And a mild incline in the road has
the same effect - the bloody thing slows down. There just seems to be a
complete lack of power.

Anyone got any suggestions?


Neil

"Neil Myers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> My manual TD4 has suddenly (well, that's how it seems) become very
> sluggish.
>
> It now takes an eternity to accelerate through gears 1 to 4, and not until
> around 2500 revs does there seem to be any power (turbo kicks in?).
>
> I can be doing 55mph in 4th, change up to 5th and, with my foot to the
> floor, the car slows down to 50 or less. And a mild incline in the road
> has the same effect - the bloody thing slows down. There just seems to be
> a complete lack of power.
>
> Anyone got any suggestions?
>

Air flow meter? This is the most likely problem on similar engines with the
same symptom.

Huw

Hi,
This happened to m Td4 twice. First was a split air pipe to the turbo
(apparently very common according to the recovery tech). Second time was
turbo failure (much less likely)
Check all the rubbery/plasticky pipe type stuff. Front RHS when facing
engine bay.

Cheers, Stew.

"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
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>
> "Neil Myers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> My manual TD4 has suddenly (well, that's how it seems) become very
>> sluggish.
>>
>> It now takes an eternity to accelerate through gears 1 to 4, and not
>> until around 2500 revs does there seem to be any power (turbo kicks in?).
>>
>> I can be doing 55mph in 4th, change up to 5th and, with my foot to the
>> floor, the car slows down to 50 or less. And a mild incline in the road
>> has the same effect - the bloody thing slows down. There just seems to be
>> a complete lack of power.
>>
>> Anyone got any suggestions?
>>
>
> Air flow meter? This is the most likely problem on similar engines with
> the same symptom.
>
> Huw
>
>

"Huw" <hedydd[nospam]@tiscali.co.uk> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Neil Myers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>> My manual TD4 has suddenly (well, that's how it seems) become very
>> sluggish.
>>
>> It now takes an eternity to accelerate through gears 1 to 4, and not
>> until around 2500 revs does there seem to be any power (turbo kicks in?).
>>
>> I can be doing 55mph in 4th, change up to 5th and, with my foot to the
>> floor, the car slows down to 50 or less. And a mild incline in the road
>> has the same effect - the bloody thing slows down. There just seems to be
>> a complete lack of power.
>>
>> Anyone got any suggestions?
>>
>
> Air flow meter? This is the most likely problem on similar engines with
> the same symptom.
>
> Huw
>
>

Spot on! Had the air flow meter replaced today. Runs like new...almost


Neil