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Old 10-22-2005, 03:39 PM
RiceCakes619 RiceCakes619 is offline
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Originally Posted by dieseldiehard
Welcome to the 124 300D turbo world, that is a miraculous car if its running properly and treated well.
Before you go any further, a Question.
Does your car still have the Trap Oxidizer in the exhaust? It's a football shaped metal can behind the turbo before the exhaust downpipe.
If so, that needs to be removed as they are prone to plugging and the factory will replace it under a warranty recall, actually they will install a CAT device under the car and bypass the Trap.
The symptoms of sluggish engine can also be attributed to a sticky wastegate flapper in the turbo. And a plugged fuel filter.
The hoses are available through Fastlane, you probably need to call Phil and describe the hoses, the clips are necessary to prevent the injector lines from vibrating against each other and the brackets and wearing through, a common problem in this model with the thin metal lines.
OK first, what's bar 2? (that was posted maybe two posts above)

Thanks, I have so many plans for the car but I figure I should start with repairing things/small upgrades first. Is this what you were talking about?



(I tried taking a smaller size pic... I don't think it came out that much smaller oops) Football shapped thing? I'm not sure where my turbo is at because I thought turbo's looked like snails and I don't see anything like that.

Factory warranty recall? So does that mean I go to a dealer for that?

I feel like I'm asking really bad embaressing questions. Thanks soooooo much.
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