help needed badly

[john40]

hi I have a 02 ford galaxy Wondering could any one have any advice while I'm driving the car keeps chugging and have no power going up hills would this be a major problem
  thanks 

[insanitybeard]

Howdy!

If yours is an '02 reg I'm thinking it's probably a Mk2 model. Lack of power can commonly be caused by sticking turbo vanes but I believe I'm correct in saying that if yours is a 90ps model it doesn't have a variable geometry turbo so it won't be that. Other possible causes could be a split boost pipe between the turbo and inlet manifold, the vacuum control solenoid for the turbo or associated pipework (eg- vacuum loss), or something else unrelated such as dodgy MAF sensor, injector wiring, EGR fault........

Are you able to check to see if any fault codes have been stored?

EDIT- for some reason I thought I saw in your vehicle details you had a 90ps model but I was mistaken, if you infact have a 115ps model then the sticking turbo vanes comment stands!

[john40]

this is my first galaxy where about is the boost pipe between the turbo and inlet manifold.my fuse box melted about two weeks ago I changed the fuse box and alternator lead at the same time because it was doing the same thing when I changed them it stopped for a while but in the last few days its doing the same thing

[john40]

hi where do I find the sticking turbo vanes sorry for all the questions

[insanitybeard]

Sticking turbo vanes (internal to the turbo) mean either dismantling the turbo itself to clean the internals or putting some cleaning agent into it to soften up and remove the carbon, there is such a product designed for this purpose but I can't recall it's name now....

The intercooler boost pipes are not just a single pipe but several pipes linking the turbo to the inlet manifold via the intercooler itself.

However, I would strongly advise if at all possible checking for stored fault codes to give you an idea of where to start instead of stabbing in the dark. You can read fault codes yourself if you have a laptop and a lead that can be purchased fairly cheaply on  , plus some free (I believe!) to download software,  links to more info on that in the second section down here.