Insignia in 'limp' mode

siblers

Hi

2010 Insignia has gone into limp mode, won't go over 60kmp/h in 3rd and loose all power going into 4th. The engine management light came on but no error code.

I assume it would be madness to drive it to my mechanic who is about a hour away? Had similar problems before with the EGR valve and he was able to sort it with some machine he plugs into the car to clear the valve

Will cost about a 100 to get it sorted by my local mechanic

Thanks!

mikeecho

siblers wrote: »

Hi

2010 Insignia has gone into limp mode, won't go over 60kmp/h in 3rd and loose all power going into 4th. The engine management light came on but no error code.

I assume it would be madness to drive it to my mechanic who is about a hour away? Had similar problems before with the EGR valve and he was able to sort it with some machine he plugs into the car.

Will cost about a 100 to get it sorted by my local mechanic

Thanks!

What are you asking?

Your car needs to be seen by a competent mechanic.. you know this.

siblers

I'm asking would I be mad to drive an hour to get it seen by my mechanic who sorted it for me before for free, as in will I make **** of the car if I do that

mikeecho

siblers wrote: »

I'm asking would I be mad to drive an hour to get it seen by my mechanic who sorted it for me before for free

I'd chance it.

sirmixalot

siblers wrote: »

Hi

2010 Insignia has gone into limp mode, won't go over 60kmp/h in 3rd and loose all power going into 4th. The engine management light came on but no error code.

I assume it would be madness to drive it to my mechanic who is about a hour away? Had similar problems before with the EGR valve and he was able to sort it with some machine he plugs into the car to clear the valve

Will cost about a 100 to get it sorted by my local mechanic

Thanks!

Is it a diesel? Dpf filter probably, get it on s motorway if possible and rev the f€£k out of it, get the engine warm, will burn out the particles in the filter and should return. 5k revs in 4th gear should do it

Sharp MZ700

I'd chance it too, unless you can get your hands on a diagnostic machine off someone first.

siblers

Sharp MZ700 wrote: »

I'd chance it too, unless you can get your hands on a diagnostic machine off someone first.

My mechanic friend has the diagnostic machine!

Might chance it on the motorway so

siblers

sirmixalot wrote: »

Is it a diesel? Dpf filter probably, get it on s motorway if possible and rev the f€£k out of it, get the engine warm, will burn out the particles in the filter and should return. 5k revs in 4th gear should do it

Diesel yeah, I need to do that every 4 weeks or so to stop the filter building the particles but I guess I didn't do it for long enough last time.

Sharp MZ700

siblers wrote: »

My mechanic friend has the diagnostic machine!

Might chance it on the motorway so

I'm no mechanic mind:-)

siblers

Couldn't get the bastard of a thing above 3,000 revs on the motorway

ednwireland

sirmixalot wrote: »

Is it a diesel? Dpf filter probably, get it on s motorway if possible and rev the f€£k out of it, get the engine warm, will burn out the particles in the filter and should return. 5k revs in 4th gear should do it

you do know DPF regens are conrolloed by the engine management software dont you ? i would suspect you need to find that before try to hammer a car up a motorway (whats one of those ?) in limp mode which i suspect isnt teh most sensible option

siblers

siblers wrote: »

Couldn't get the bastard of a thing above 3,000 revs on the motorway

Happened to mine (2.4 JTDM 159) and after a certain point in being clogged up it wont regen for fear of setting the car on fire. *


*spoiler, I no longer drive a Diesel.#

#lie. Company car is diesel, but that's only an A to B car that is not my responsibility.

ba_barabus

siblers wrote: »

Hi

2010 Insignia has gone into limp mode, won't go over 60kmp/h in 3rd and loose all power going into 4th.

sirmixalot wrote: »

Is it a diesel? Dpf filter probably, get it on s motorway if possible and rev the f€£k out of it, get the engine warm, will burn out the particles in the filter and should return. 5k revs in 4th gear should do it

siblers wrote: »

Couldn't get the bastard of a thing above 3,000 revs on the motorway

:eek: Waste of time advice ends in waste of time

OP, nobody can actually tell you if it's safe to drive because the fault codes have to be read and cleared.........but you already know this from past experience. Go to a mechanic.

markpb

If it's in limp mode because of a DPF failure, there's no point going on the motorway to clear it out. The engine won't let you get the revs above 2.5k and you're not going to regen at that level. Bring it to a mechanic, find out it's EGR or DPF and get it fixed.

Then, speaking from experience, sell the car as quickly as possible.

Cordell

Check the intercooler to intake manifold hose/pipe for splits, this happens quite often. And if that's the case it will plug the DPF so stop driving it until you sort it out.

siblers

Gone to mechanic, hopefully just a DPF regeneration needed. I'll be getting rid of it soon enough, ****ing thing drinks diesel anyway

Cordell

She being thirsty is also a symptom of a split intercooler pipe.

sirmixalot

markpb wrote: »

If it's in limp mode because of a DPF failure, there's no point going on the motorway to clear it out. The engine won't let you get the revs above 2.5k and you're not going to regen at that level. Bring it to a mechanic, find out it's EGR or DPF and get it fixed.

Then, speaking from experience, sell the car as quickly as possible.

Wrong! Has happened to me before few times and that's the only way you can clear it (i.e if it's safe to do so), besides ripping the filter out (will fail NCT though) or force regen using diagnostic.

siblers

sirmixalot wrote: »

Wrong! Has happened to me before few times and that's the only way you can clear it (i.e if it's safe to do so), besides ripping the filter out (will fail NCT though) or force regen using diagnostic.

You can't clear it if won't let you build the revs, you need to do this before it goes in limp mode, if it goes into limp mode, you can't clear the particles, not in my car anyway

sirmixalot

siblers wrote: »

You can't clear it if won't let you build the revs, you need to do this before it goes in limp mode, if it goes into limp mode, you can't clear the particles, not in my car anyway

On my piece of sh!t 2014 Xtrail it happens a bit, it will stay in limp mode if you simply don't hurt it on an open road. It works itself up all hot and bothered :P then it kicks back in. Can take 20/30 mins of 4th gear and foot floored barely getting to 5k revs and then it just kicks in.
Can be dangerous though, there's no warning when it's coming back, nearly shot through a wall when it kicked in all of a sudden :eek:

markpb

sirmixalot wrote: »

On my piece of sh!t 2014 Xtrail it happens a bit, it will stay in limp mode if you simply don't hurt it on an open road. It works itself up all hot and bothered :P then it kicks back in. Can take 20/30 mins of 4th gear and foot floored barely getting to 5k revs and then it just kicks in.
Can be dangerous though, there's no warning when it's coming back, nearly shot through a wall when it kicked in all of a sudden :eek:

An insignia in limp mode won’t let you get above 3k revs. Your xtrail might be different.

firstlight

Their balls of scrap believe me,if you get it sorted,get rid of it as fast as you can.

siblers

400 euros to fix it. What a time to be alive

siblers

siblers wrote: »

400 euros to fix it. What a time to be alive

To fix what exactly?

siblers

Did a regeneration, they also had to take out the EGR valve and clean it. They had to use two types of fluids as there was some other issue with the turbo. Fluids alone was well over a 100.

I've little knowledge of cars so when he explained it to me it made sense but I've no idea how to clearly explain it like he did

siblers

siblers wrote: »

Did a regeneration, they also had to take out the EGR valve and clean it. They had to use two types of fluids as there was some other issue with the turbo. Fluids alone was well over a 100.

I've little knowledge of cars so when he explained it to me it made sense but I've no idea how to clearly explain it like he did

Okay, you'll need to make sure that car gets a 40 minute drive each week at high revs or you're going to be that mechanic's new BFF.

greasepalm

Does anybody think adding additive to tank to help in keeping it clean is a good idea.