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Old Jul 1st, 2017, 02:12   #2
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We returned today ( Friday ) from our aforementioned French caravan tour.

We followed most of the route I had planned as above.

2,640 road miles in my 1999 V70 TDI Auto - not totally without incident I should add.

The turbo induction side output hose blew off the turbo near J26 on the A75 motorway in the Massif Central mountain region at about 1,100 metres above sea level. ( I had this off during my autobox repair, should have tightened it more I guess. But never before had it been subject to such a pressure difference between boost pressure and the ambient air pressure at altitude).

I heard a loud 'pop' sort of sound ( what was that ? ) followed by black exhaust smoke and diminishing power.
Pulled off the auto-route and, once my eyes had adjusted enabling me to see the dark areas under the bonnet ( it was hot and very sunny ), saw the problem and fixed it once the turbo had cooled.

I had a permanent EML from that point onward though as the fault had confused the sensors.
I will DICE it soon.

No other car problems though.

43 nights in France, usually on ACSI sites.

During the next few days I'll be working out the average MPG figures for the trip.

Not checked my MPG for quite a while and it will be interesting to see what it is with most miles towing.

Colin
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