2000 2.5 Td Acceleration Drag Problem

[dmbeale]

Hi everyone, 

 

I have a 2000 W Reg 2.5 TD. The problem I have is when from I have acceleration in low gears from start - the car holds back for a second or two and I have to ease off throttle and/or dip clutch to get going again. The car doesn't cut out - just won't increase revs and holds back as if touching the brakes.  I've looked any visible vacuum pipes. I thought i'd found the problem when I noticed the air intake pipe onto the turbo had a split around the end at the jubilee clip, but after temporarily taping it up (before a new one arrives) it makes no difference. Very frustrating.  The car runs fine in higher gears and revs. Tried with MAF sensor unplugged. Also cleaned but still the same at low speed. All other pipes and connections seem ok. Not been scanned for any codes yet. 

 

Has anyone experienced this before ? 

 

Any help or advice very gratefully received. 

 

Thank you

 

 

[bignev]

Not on one of these, but a mate had that same tube fail internally on a Discovery TD5, and did similar things, as it's stopping it beathing.

[ryden]

Hi,

 

Have you checked for any fault codes as of yet?

 

We've had roughly the same issue on the forum for the gen4 2.5 TDs. Fixing the issue depends on what code you get and some further diagnosis.

Edited November 27, 2016 by ryden