2005 Saab 9-3 no low down power

Car: Saab 9-3
Year: 2005
Variant: 1.9 tid auto
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
Car starters and idles fine put foot on throttle slow to respond until reaches 2500rpm then springs in to life no engine light on no fault codes stored tried mas air flow cleaned out inlet manifold checked timing rail pressure 300bar on idle tried boost pressure sensor droped front pipe and run up still same engine smoke when hot blue smoke can some one help please thanks Andy
Posted: Jan 29, 2012 (12 years ago)
Could be the turbo waste gate valve...
Posted Jan 29, 2012 (12 years ago)
EGR valve.
Posted Jan 29, 2012 (12 years ago)
does the car have any turbo pipes leaking or split ?are there any hissing noises at all
Posted Jan 30, 2012 (12 years ago)

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