Hi All,

After spending a considerable amount of time replacing the oil cooler seals and cleaning the mess from that plus a turbo support gasket oil leak and buttoning up the whole shebang I got her started within 4-5 crank cycles. It idles nice, and so far, no coolant or oil leaks, odd noises nor trouble codes.

But when test driving, I was low on power. Stopped, did a driveline adaption and it was definitely peppier, but soon there after was weak again, bogging at WOT.

I had replaced the short right angle fuel filter return hose but with a straight piece made to bend to fit the filter. I think that the bend is too much, probably 100 degrees and is constricting the fuel flow. This is the larger of the two hoses, so presumably from the tank. I assume that a constriction here is what's causing my problem, fuel starvation. Is this reasonable or am I missing some other possible cause to the lower power?

I'm trying to locate a correct bent hose in the mean time, any advise or other suggestions of what to check would be greatly appreciated.

TIA

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