avcentraltias
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Good afternoon everyone.
Friday night i got home late from 400 mile round trip in my AHU powered T4 Eurovan only to wake up the next morning to see a oily mess under my headlight. The van had been low on power on the way home but on closer investigation I see that two 10" long cracks had appeared along the welds of my intercooler.
With intercooler replaced I went for a drive only to notice thick clouds of black smoke coming along behind me so after returning home, to find a huge pile of soot on the driveway approximately where my exhaust had been only a few minutes earlier, I read the codes and saw "Intake manifold pressure too low". I had a spare turbo lying around so I fitted that, along with its N18, cleared the codes and went for another drive.
Now I have a fair bit more power than I did this morning but nothing like as nice as it was before I set off on Friday, but the black smoke has only been replaced by grey smoke, and although it drives smoothly the revs feel like the engine is "hunting". Fault codes are completely clear at the moment.
Where shall I look next?
Friday night i got home late from 400 mile round trip in my AHU powered T4 Eurovan only to wake up the next morning to see a oily mess under my headlight. The van had been low on power on the way home but on closer investigation I see that two 10" long cracks had appeared along the welds of my intercooler.
With intercooler replaced I went for a drive only to notice thick clouds of black smoke coming along behind me so after returning home, to find a huge pile of soot on the driveway approximately where my exhaust had been only a few minutes earlier, I read the codes and saw "Intake manifold pressure too low". I had a spare turbo lying around so I fitted that, along with its N18, cleared the codes and went for another drive.
Now I have a fair bit more power than I did this morning but nothing like as nice as it was before I set off on Friday, but the black smoke has only been replaced by grey smoke, and although it drives smoothly the revs feel like the engine is "hunting". Fault codes are completely clear at the moment.
Where shall I look next?