Hi Guys -

I had a couple of T-5's a few years ago and recently bought one off ebay for £500 as a "dog walking/tip running/diy stuff getting" runabout second car.

It is a december 1994 registered car, with the OBD1 diagnostic system.


Now i have noticed a couple of things and was wondering where to start.

1 - Until its done a good 5-6 miles is holds back on the throttle, feels like massive ignition retardation. There will be boost on the turbo gauge but the engine just doesent sound loud enough - sometimes you will get 2-3 seconds of go then it will go quiet and retard again.

When its fully warmed up it goes ok. Although still not blisteringly quick.

No fault codes are showing - just 1-1-1.

2 - When i got it, the thermostat was gone, i have replaced that and then is when i noticed the issue - i wasnt driving it hard when i bought it back from collecting it due to it being cold and i have some mechanical sympathy.

Does this shed any light? Maybe a duff coolant temp sensor? It is the same at WOT so i assume not the o2 sensor?

3 - I know it needs a Stage 0 however i dont want to invest £150 in doing that if theres likely to be other things i have to do to it first to resolve this issue.......

Any thoughts/places to start looking would be gratefully recieved.