Help with my collegues diesel car....

[nowhereboy]

Just posting this on behalf of someone I work with, their diesel car sounds like it's struggling/revving too high yet the rpm is still low, it's also going through fuel quickly.

 

Any ideas what could be wrong?

[Paddy78]

Make, model, year, engine???

 

Faulty DPF?

[nowhereboy]

It's a 04 vw bora diesel.....

 

I knew this was a long shot but thought I'd ask anyway.

[Lexx]

Clogged DPF is my bet.

[StevoD]

is it still boosting?

[a2orry]

I would look at the egr valve .dont think they had dpf's as early as 2004 .

[Pete87]

no vw's and audi's didnt have dpf filters till around 06-07 plus the boras have the old 1.9 tdi's in them so they def wont have a dpf filter. I had a problem with my inlet flap which is a common problem on the vw group cars also as said abouve possibly the egr?

[Dblock]

Clogged DPF is my bet.

 

No way would an 04 tdi have a dpf. I would say EGR clean and maf clean. Is it the 1.9 I assume? Check if its boosting properly and check for boost leaks. Boost leak is very possible.