Drove my 1st ever diesel today.

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Been driving 2 years, in that time i have driven a fair few cars, all petrol N/A apart from 2 breif goes in a Petrol Turbo.

Was a Rover 220 Turbo Diesel (bubble shape) that i will be using to save me money on fuel driving to work from beginning of april onwards, and it was totally the opposite of what i expected. That being loads of torque low down, but theres nothing there until well after 2.5k RPM, aint too bad between 3-3.5k then it seems to all drop off again.

Feels like i have to rag the arse off the car to make it move, which is the total opposite of what i expected, when i pulled off the drive i even double checked i was in 1st and not 2nd or 3rd :(

Supposed to be 103BHp @ 4200 RPM
155Lb/ft @ 2000 RPM

I hear of this "Screw Mod" that people do with Pug 306's, is there anything similar that can be done here?
 
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It drinks fuel :( , hence the Rover 220 for work.


NickXX said:
Think that engine can be taken to around 130bhp with a tuning box

Dont wanna spend much at all on it.

Air filter is fine, wouldn't a dodgy MAF throw the emissions out a bit? was MOT'd yesterday & all came back fine.
 
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