Evening all, My T5 has recently developed a strange fault, It initially idled perfectly at 850rpm and performed superbly.
Few days ago, once warm, it idled at 900rpm and it feels like 150hp rather than 300hp.
Now, its got progressively worse, it is idling (once warm) at 1000rpm and the performance is even less.
Its sluggish, it feels strangled and held back, the exhaust is more boomy and sounds like a Fiat Punto 1.2 with a Big bore, it feels like there is no boost.
I have also noticed, when planting the throttle and getting nowhere fast, upon letting off the throttle for a gear change i can hear what sounds like a slow dump valve letting off pressure, (not a quick "psst", but a long "pssssshhhhhhhhh" this noise has only started happening since this fault occured.
Im stumped because since owning it up until a few days ago it has been excellent.
I've OBD2'd it and its giving me nothing.
Over the last few days, the idle has been progressively increasing and the performance decreasing, have had a look round the web and cant find anything similair, obviously the two symptoms are connected.
Thanks for your help guys. I knew the ME7 was a little troublesome but the comfort of the P2 option outweighed the prospect of a P1 with throttle cable.
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