Hi, I am new to this forum. I have a 2000 Smart with the huge 599cc petrol engine. Mileage is just over 126000.00. I bought her from a well known auction site in the UK over 7 years ago, then drove her to Portugal the next day! 12 hours from Santander to the Algarve only stopping to give her a rest ha ha ha. Mileage when I bought her was just over 76000.00. Yes, she called "Chance" because I took a chance on driving her all the way to Portugal.
I have just had an engine rebuild( basically, everything except the pistons). Picked her up from garage and after a few days of driving her, very carefully I might add. I noticed she would loose the will to live when she saw a hill.
Took her back to garage and mechanic said he found a pipe had come off !. after about 800 miles of literally pottering about I decided to have a look at the plugs. Bought new ones just in case she needed them. In all my years of changing plugs, I have never seen anything like it! You couldn't even see the electrodes for black gunk!!!!!. Why?. I took the plugs to show the mechanic and he said " Ooohh, that's not good", No s**t Sherlock was my answer. I took her back to the garage and said he needs to sort the problem out, Pleeeaasse. I have just picked her up and she is clearly down on power and I dare not put my foot down as she just won't go. Thank goodness for all the new speed limits here. I don't feel so bad going slow! The mechanic has said that the turbo is the problem. he has tested it and the pressure is too low. I can safely say that I know nothing about turbo's but it is brand new and I did make sure that it was one of the ones that had the strengthened manifold.
Does anyone on here have any ideas as to what the problem could actually be? I have also noticed that she gets up to running temp quicker than normal and if I sit in any traffic, her temp goes up into blob 4. This has never happened before!
Thank you for reading this long arse intro and any help will be appreciated.
I have just had an engine rebuild( basically, everything except the pistons). Picked her up from garage and after a few days of driving her, very carefully I might add. I noticed she would loose the will to live when she saw a hill.
Took her back to garage and mechanic said he found a pipe had come off !. after about 800 miles of literally pottering about I decided to have a look at the plugs. Bought new ones just in case she needed them. In all my years of changing plugs, I have never seen anything like it! You couldn't even see the electrodes for black gunk!!!!!. Why?. I took the plugs to show the mechanic and he said " Ooohh, that's not good", No s**t Sherlock was my answer. I took her back to the garage and said he needs to sort the problem out, Pleeeaasse. I have just picked her up and she is clearly down on power and I dare not put my foot down as she just won't go. Thank goodness for all the new speed limits here. I don't feel so bad going slow! The mechanic has said that the turbo is the problem. he has tested it and the pressure is too low. I can safely say that I know nothing about turbo's but it is brand new and I did make sure that it was one of the ones that had the strengthened manifold.
Does anyone on here have any ideas as to what the problem could actually be? I have also noticed that she gets up to running temp quicker than normal and if I sit in any traffic, her temp goes up into blob 4. This has never happened before!
Thank you for reading this long arse intro and any help will be appreciated.
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