podge17
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Registered: 20th Aug 08
Location: dumfries
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Was driving my corsa 1.3 cdti tonight and the service light came on (car with the spanner in it). Everything was fine until i tryed to rev past 3000rpm and i get no power ive only tried this in 1st and 2nd gear anyone got any help at what this could be or some advice? Thanks
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Dan295
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Registered: 9th Oct 06
Location: London
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its limp home mode, prevents any further damage to the engine. go and get the management light read, then fixed
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podge17
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Registered: 20th Aug 08
Location: dumfries
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cheers buddy i knew about this already but just wondered if someone could explain any pecific reasons why this would happen?
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Dan295
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Registered: 9th Oct 06
Location: London
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to reduce damage to the engine? that is the reason.
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Warren G
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Registered: 14th May 06
Location: Kent
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because the ecu detects a fault and goes into a limp home mode. as said above, because there is a fault.
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mattk
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Registered: 27th Feb 06
Location: St. Helens
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EGR valve I bet
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AshWatson
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Registered: 18th Jun 10
Location: West Yorkshire
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quote: Originally posted by mattk
EGR valve I bet
ill strongly 2nd that ^
veryyyyy common leading to EGR valve needs taking off and cleaning out or replacing and inlet manifold needs removing and blasting out with a pressure washer seen loads come through our garage
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