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[Brighty16]

Hi all, i have a 2010 mondeo 1.8tdci. Great car love it but... Sometimes when i pull out of a junction it pulls out really really slow and just seems it doesn't have any power to begin with then it will pick up and be fine. I know half of this is probably caused to my driving, but is there anything mechanical i can do to help reduce this from happening? Thank you

Brighty16

[mondeo161]

Hello Brighty16.

I have the exact same problem with my 2.0 Mondeo on occasion and it can be scarey when the thing wont move and other traffic is closing in on you.

[Brighty16]

Hi mondeo161

Yes it can be scary with traffic closing in on you. I didn't know whether something could be done with the throttle body to improve response?

[mondeo161]

Thanks Brighty. How can the Throttle body be adjusted to help this? Also would a re-map or ad on box help?

[Brighty16]

A re-map may help to be fair, all i know about the throttle body is back when i had a rover we could upgrade the throttle body from a 48mm to a 52mm for it to get more air in which improved the throttle response. I weren't sure if there was something similar we could do on a mondeo?

[mondeo161]

I have ordered a piper cross air filter in the hope that that might increase air flow and help.

[Brighty16]

Ahh yeye i didn't think of that, can you let me know how you get on with it?

[mondeo161]

Fitted the piper cross air filter and it has made a bit of a difference but I think I will have a word with a man who runs a local garage in Motherwell. He has the same car as me and also specialises in tuning cars. I am sure when he was tracking my son's Focus, he said that he had re-mapped his as it had similar problems.

More to follow.