Clio Problem

[warrenhewitt10]

Driving along the motorway today, steady 60mph, 2 very slight bursts of acceleration, 2 very large bursts of smoke out the back, all within about 1 second, still holding a steady throttle.

Anyone any idea what could cause this??, cars an 05 1.5 DCI clio

cheers

[G]

It will almost definetly be turbo related. The 1.5dci and 1.9dci were well known for it. I had a 1.9dci laguna 2002 but I won't give you the horror stories of it.

Was the smoke black, blue or White?

[warrenhewitt10]

was dark on the motorway but in the light from the car behind me it looked black

[G]

I am no expert to be honest but if you google it there is loads of forums. I would probably just scare you an it not even be right.

The usual suspects are sticking EGR valve, which is easily removed and cleaned or £70 to replace.

Perished turbo seal which knacker the bearing on the turbo, this can cause the sudden/ intermitent accerleration issue, as the turbo stall because the bearings are on their way out, also explains the smoke.

I say just keep an eye on it for now.

Has it done between 55k - 75k and is between 2002 - 2005?

[warrenhewitt10]

yes 66k and and 04/05 cant remember, so yes and yes.........are those the models most likely to break by any chance lol