dtr
08-01-2013, 02:57 PM
My Toledo 1.9TDI has been in for a normal minor service and had intercooler seals and wishbone done at the dealership. The car now has a lot less power at low rpm range, and first gear is particularly slow and needs significant revving to do anything faster or go up a steeper hill. 5th gear now needs flooring to hit 70. Braking performance is also down.
The dealer is convinced the car is absolutely fine, rechecked all repairs and found nothing 'wrong'. I would be wasting time going back yet again to the same branch, and it wasn't cheap either.
I only have OBD dongle with Torque - that can see nothing wrong. Turbo boost went up to 15psi (if that could be trusted at all - at least we know turbo does something useful) at 50mph, and max bhp was reported 67 (got up to 55 in 4/5th) so about 55% what it should be.
Where would I start sorting out my car and ideally making it better like it was - pretty good but nothing amazing? Lowish mpg (40, never above 48) was my major gripe so far. I think I need to finish the business with dealerships and expensive but not always reliable or helpful garages. Not a single one even wanted to hear anything about fuel consumption. I'd like to eventually learn it myself, at least the computer diagnostics and standard service.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.
The dealer is convinced the car is absolutely fine, rechecked all repairs and found nothing 'wrong'. I would be wasting time going back yet again to the same branch, and it wasn't cheap either.
I only have OBD dongle with Torque - that can see nothing wrong. Turbo boost went up to 15psi (if that could be trusted at all - at least we know turbo does something useful) at 50mph, and max bhp was reported 67 (got up to 55 in 4/5th) so about 55% what it should be.
Where would I start sorting out my car and ideally making it better like it was - pretty good but nothing amazing? Lowish mpg (40, never above 48) was my major gripe so far. I think I need to finish the business with dealerships and expensive but not always reliable or helpful garages. Not a single one even wanted to hear anything about fuel consumption. I'd like to eventually learn it myself, at least the computer diagnostics and standard service.
Thanks in advance for suggestions.