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Low on power at slightest incline

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  • 19-06-2019 11:49am
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    m8
    Registered Users Posts: 905 ✭✭✭


    I have a fiat ducato 2.8 jdt commom rail engine low on power at slightest incline.

    Anyone have any idea what the cause might be?

    Turbo seems fine as when I rev the engine I can feel the turbo on the hoses.


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    loobylou
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    Air flow sensor??


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    m8
    Registered Users Posts: 905 ✭✭✭m8


    loobylou wrote: »
    Air flow sensor??

    Where is that located and how can I test it?


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    autumnalcore
    Registered Users Posts: 835 ✭✭✭autumnalcore


    m8 wrote: »
    Where is that located and how can I test it?

    There's about a 98% chance it doesn't have one unless it's the rare 146hp power jtd version.

    Has the injection light ever come on?


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    punisher5112
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    Last service?? Air filter, fuel filter change etc??


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    m8
    Registered Users Posts: 905 ✭✭✭m8


    autumnalcore wrote: »
    There's about a 98% chance it doesn't have one unless it's the rare 146hp power jtd version.

    Has the injection light ever come on?

    Nope the injector light has never come on.


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    m8
    Registered Users Posts: 905 ✭✭✭m8


    punisher5112 wrote: »
    Last service?? Air filter, fuel filter change etc??


    Timing belt and service less than 15k but might get them done again soon.


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    Mech1
    Registered Users Posts: 5,110 ✭✭✭Mech1


    Clutch slipping?


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    Nekarsulm
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    bring it to a good independent garage and get ghthem to read the codes.


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    martyc5674
    Registered Users Posts: 2,520 ✭✭✭martyc5674


    m8 wrote: »
    I have a fiat ducato 2.8 jdt commom rail engine low on power at slightest incline.

    Anyone have any idea what the cause might be?

    Turbo seems fine as when I rev the engine I can feel the turbo on the hoses.

    I had one of those and the gearing was quite tall, always dropping into 4th on the slightest hill unless you were already trucking along. .. it was just under 3.5 tonne empty. What weight is yours??
    I chipped mine... ploughed up the hills then. :)


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    tabby aspreme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,990 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Is the speedometer working, if not it will be way down on power as the ecu won't know what speed you are doing.


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    autumnalcore
    Registered Users Posts: 835 ✭✭✭autumnalcore


    tabby aspreme wrote: »
    Is the speedometer working, if not it will be way down on power as the ecu won't know what speed you are doing.

    I believe the op's van is Year 2000 and would have a mechanical speedo.


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    autumnalcore
    Registered Users Posts: 835 ✭✭✭autumnalcore


    autumnalcore wrote: »
    I believe the op's van is Year 2000 and would have a mechanical speedo.

    It's normal with those to drop a gear on the hills. I'd only make 55mph on the big motorway hills. If its very slow, worth checking intake isn't blocked, map sensor is clean, intercooler is clean.


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    Maytrix
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭Maytrix


    Check for any crack in the hose between turbo and intercooler. My 3.5 Iveco td had a similar lack of power on hills when I got it five years ago. Two years later I discovered a slight crack in the pipe, replacing the it made a huge difference.


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    m8
    Registered Users Posts: 905 ✭✭✭m8


    Thanks All for your help.


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