Ok... My tale of woe with my 2013 Vauxhall Insignia 2.0 CDTI started with a trip up the motorway and the display coming up with "engine overheating please switch off engine" I pulled over on to the hard shoulder turned the engine off and got out to inspect the engine. On opening the bonnet the engine displayed no signs of overheating so I sat on the hard shoulder for 20 mins to let the engine cool. On starting the engine up again the engine sounded like a bag of spanners and the overheating message was displayed again. RAC called out and on arriving scanned and cleared the faults. Car started as normal and no issues for about 100 miles when the engine management light came on luckily enough by my house.
The EML stayed on and the car felt really sluggish, limp mode, so a trip to my regular garage and he noticed a split turbo intercooler pipe which he replaced. However the car continued to show the following codes......P2458, P2263, P2453,P003A. The mechanic erased these faults however the car still seemed sluggish for a while until the car performed a DPF regen and the fault seemed to clear slightly with the car feeling a lot better to drive but still slightly sluggish. No EML had come on either. The following day the service vehicle soon warning came back on and another trip back to the garage. The mechanic looked at the DPF which he said looked clear and a quick look at the turbo which he said looked ok as well. He suggested I book it in with Vauxhall to see if they could shed any light on it.
Vauxhall today ran a diagnostic on the car and seem none the wiser with the service vehicle soon still on display and the same slight sluggishness on trying to accelerate. They have suggested the following a new turbo, a new DPF and a new intercooler quoting £3000 and suggesting that this may not even solve the issue.....I'm no mechanic but the guy I spoke with did not fill me with confidence.
Anyone have any similar issues or fixes? The car is only now worth about £4500 and I'm considering cutting my losses and selling it for scrap rather than fork out £3000 with no guarantee of a fix
Thanks in advance......................
The EML stayed on and the car felt really sluggish, limp mode, so a trip to my regular garage and he noticed a split turbo intercooler pipe which he replaced. However the car continued to show the following codes......P2458, P2263, P2453,P003A. The mechanic erased these faults however the car still seemed sluggish for a while until the car performed a DPF regen and the fault seemed to clear slightly with the car feeling a lot better to drive but still slightly sluggish. No EML had come on either. The following day the service vehicle soon warning came back on and another trip back to the garage. The mechanic looked at the DPF which he said looked clear and a quick look at the turbo which he said looked ok as well. He suggested I book it in with Vauxhall to see if they could shed any light on it.
Vauxhall today ran a diagnostic on the car and seem none the wiser with the service vehicle soon still on display and the same slight sluggishness on trying to accelerate. They have suggested the following a new turbo, a new DPF and a new intercooler quoting £3000 and suggesting that this may not even solve the issue.....I'm no mechanic but the guy I spoke with did not fill me with confidence.
Anyone have any similar issues or fixes? The car is only now worth about £4500 and I'm considering cutting my losses and selling it for scrap rather than fork out £3000 with no guarantee of a fix
Thanks in advance......................
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