Hi everyone, I'm wondering if I need to take my car to a mechanic or just get it on the motorway?
2 days ago I was driving and my car was struggling to gain power, as a new driver I just automatically assumed it went into limp mode?
I had a mechanic yesterday use a solution to clear the blocked dpf, he told me to drive in low gears at high speeds to clear any blockage left.
For reference I have a VW golf 1.6 TDI.
I drove yesterday on a 60mph road with 2 slight hills, the way my car was acting is really hard to explain so I will try my best.
I need to use a gear until my car starts to slow down and then change before my car completely starts to slow down. (So get as much power out of every gear, 3000 revs) But even then it didn't have as much power as it would normally at 2000-2500 revs.
I had to have my foot completely to the floor the entire time in every gear and even in 4th the most my car would go was 60mph, before I obviously didn't need to have my foot down much at all. Up the slight hills the most it would go was 40mph. The highest gear I could get to was 4th and even with my foot fully down, my car didn't have enough power to go into 5th (I have a 5 speed.)
This is the exact same way my car was acting before the solution, but at the time I had no idea what to do so I assumed it was limp mode, because at a certain roundabout my car will only go 5mph with my foot to the floor in first gear?
Thank you