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nick don · Posted: Mon Dec 11, 2017 18:08 Post subject: Sudden Loss of power & white smoke

hi all i have 2009 shogun 90 000 miles full service up to date started to get problem loss of power & bad smell like paint & white smoke out the exhaust car would suddenly feel like it's stalling . Engine light cums on call AA they get codes for egr .
I reset light and cleared out egr & turbo boost pressure pipe but it still has problem when car gets warm ?

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SunbeamFanatic · Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2018 20:46 Post subject:

I previously owned a 2001 Mk3 and had a problem where I'd be driving along an A road or a Motorway and there would be a sudden loss of power accompanied by clouds of white smoke and the car would cut out and coast to a halt. Once or twice it restarted after waiting for 30+ minutes and once I had it recovered by the AA.

I had the codes checked and it also came up with EGR fault, so the EGR was comprehensively cleaned but the fault re-occurred.

At first I suspected the Diesel pump but it was an intermittent fault so it didn't appear to be a component that was wearing out, it was something that, depending on circumstances, just decided to fail.

I was then convinced by a local garage that it was the Turbo blowing it's seals, £1,150 later and the same fault happened driving it home from the garage.

Eventually some old timer in a back-street garage uncovered that there are a pair of "switches" under the engine somewhere, that have something to do with fueling, and these were occasionally failing, he replaced them for £250 (parts and labour) and the fault never re-occurred!

I wish I could be more exact but this was about 4/5 years ago so I can't remember the exact part and I sold the car with the history so can't check the records, it does give you something to go on though.