(maybe this should be in faults/fixes but it is for
JCW owners)
I was accelerating onto the motorway yesterday, and at about 60mph (think about 5000rpm) there was a noticeable drop in engine power. I immediately stopped and also noticed an engine fault light! Called the dealer and was told to drive in at reduced speed (was fortunately only 10 mins away), as car was in limp home mode.
They had a look at the car and plugged in their diagnostic kit which showed there was a turbo boost fault. They thought it might be an easy to fix wastegate issue etc. Today i got a bad call to say it seems worse. They have found oil in "the breathing system." Not sure what they mean by this but i wasn't speaking to a mechanic. I'm assuming it is oil in the engine intake. They are removing the exhaust system/turbo/manifolds, etc to fully investigate, and i wont hear more until Monday I've had several small issues with the car already, and some bigger ones (as some of you may have read on mini2 in the past), and this doesn't help! Starting to wish id held on for the new Focus RS and not bought back in October. 5.5 month old car and so far its been at the dealers for about 2.5 weeks in total! In the past week ive had a nail in a rear tyre, a cut (presumably glass) in a front tyre, some idiot clipped my wingmirror (not even a narrow road), and a friend was moving the car for me and curbed an alloy (£50 repair)! now this.
When i hear more i'll keep you all posted! Hopefully its a freak issue - very likely - my luck with cars breaking is awful!!
