TD5 Turbo or fuel pump / regulator problem?

[reeksyofoz]

Some issues this morning

1999 TD5 started fine, but not enough power to get up the driveway!

Rev counter shows (with or without load) 1800 rpm before hitting a wall, dropping back and a biiiiig puff of smoke from the exhaust. Tried plenty of times, and made sure pump was fully primed.

No unusual noise from the fuel pump, although the 120 litre tank is quite low. Car's done 230,000km, (80,000km on this pump I think).

While the missus booked a taxi to get to work I had a fiddle around under the bonnet. Removed the heatshield and tried operating the wastegate. It was very stiff to operate, but moved a reasonable distance.

Tried several times racing the engine above 1800 rpm and eventually, it started to rev more freely... and without the bad smoke.

Took it for a spin, and apart from a bit of G-g-g-g-g-g-granville action it seems to have freed itself up. But this reminded me that sometimes after starting up from cold, in first gear the engine can be a bit jerky.

Sorry for the longwinded description, but any opinions on obvious problems here? I'd rather make sure it's fixed before it happens again.

BTW - no collapsed hoses evident.
And yes, it was my wife who last drove the car


Unfortunately I still haven't figured a Mac solution for nanocom

[Blknight.aus]

delaminating hoses to the intercooler. or as you found, wastegate sticking open on the turbo

[reeksyofoz]

delaminating hoses to the intercooler. or as you found, wastegate sticking open on the turbo

Thanks for the response.

I had the hoses off recently and they were fine, and i don't think the wastegate was actually stuck, just stiff... but then I don't know how stiff they normally are.

Perhaps the low level of fuel in the long ranger tank was giving me problems... could that make it difficult to deliver enough fuel for the turbo to operate

[Blknight.aus]

I doubt it, you'd get a miss and stall out.