by Amlocks » Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:45 pm
New in January Transit Custom L1H1 170PS 340
Now done only 3300 miles and developed a problem.
Suffered power loss on motorway yesterday, slowed down and struggled with hills. No warning lights or messages.
Feels like it's in limp mode won't rev above 3K or similar to engine being choked by egr open or turbo fault or intake blocked.
Question 1 can it go into limp mode without flashing a message?
After about a mile it went back to normal performance. But the fault kept reappearing on and off. Temperature seemed to fluctuate. Fan stayed on after I locked van, which it never has before.
Today it got even worse, more miles with fault than without. Also got to 120° on temp dial so I pulled over. The top hose from radiator was stone cold and air behind fan cold. However the hose to expansion tank was very hot. Coolant level normal and never any sign of leak. Undid cap a little and steam hissed out.
Ford cannot look at it for over a week and I am worried about driving it now. Got long runs booked in Thursday Friday.
More info.
First occurrence was after 30 minutes run. Had half tank of diesel left from full.
Temp gauge has always been steady around 90° but today all over the place.
On run home tonight I put heater on full blast and kept engine temp below 90° with a little judicious coasting and switching off in traffic. The problem did not occur on this journey.
Q2 am i safe to drive it or will it do more damage? I shall run heater full all the time
Please help.