2004 Vauxhall Vectra low power

Car: Vauxhall Vectra
Year: 2004
Variant: diesel estate
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
Engine management light comes on after about 1 hours driving, after which the power is low and max revs is 3000rpm. When engine restarted light goes out car then ok for hour or so.
Posted: Aug 8, 2010 (13 years ago)
check all your vacuum pipes and actuators are ok,check that inlet manifold,swirl flaps and egr are not carboned up.if so clean out thoroughly,make sure all your intake pipes are not loose or damaged,check your glow plug module/relay,what fault codes are you getting?
Posted Aug 8, 2010 (13 years ago)
crankshaft senor its overheating causing it to cut out once it cools it will work till it gets hot again change this and im 99% sure youll have no more problems
Posted Aug 8, 2010 (13 years ago)
if the crank sensor is overheating surely the same thing will happen to the new one?
Posted Aug 8, 2010 (13 years ago)
Possibly modified part if known fault ?
Posted Aug 8, 2010 (13 years ago)
Is this a 3 litre?

Mine did this, light on dash, stop lock the car for a min or so restart it everything then seemed fine.

Was just a 13 quid fuel filter in the end and because i was using cheaper morrisons / asda / tesco diesel. Run it with BP Ultimate see if it make a difference.

A bit of millers or redex wouldn't hurt either

hope this helps someone, cost me a fortune last few months, turbo boost sensor, egr filter, etc. etc. Was the fuel filter n lousy diesel all the time.
Posted Sep 8, 2010 (13 years ago)

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