Recent content by Quadfractum

Hey Tony, sorry for taking so long to reply, it was in the shed for a while and then I forgot about this post. In the end it was a faulty egr valve. The first mechanic that I took it to claimed the stretched timing chain was the issue (it was pretty slack). I decided to tackle the job myself...

Alright, so my 2.5L 2006 Spanish D40 with 250K ish km's on the clock has all of a sudden had massive power loss at low revs. It seems when the boost hits its peak, (4k in first, about 2.5k in the rest of the gears) it will accelerate and leave behind huge clouds of black smoke. (Usually, more...