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[andrew-v8]

Hi a friend of mine has a f/l 2.5 td manual, he came round the other day for me to do the brakes. These were done fine but when i test drove it it seems very flat. It gets up to speed okay its just it doesn't seem to have much go. You can hear the turbo whistle. I know they're not hugely powerful but i had an auto a couple of years ago and im sure it pulled better than this. I cleaned the egr and the fuel filter is new. Hes had it years and said he hasn't noticed a decline in performance. It might just be me and its fine but like i say my 2.5td auto and recent 2.2dti felt more pokey.

[zirk]

could be a number of things, when I had TD's, one of them went slightly sluggish and it turned out to be a faulty MAF (not fitted on very early ones).

Other cheap service trick would be new Fuel Filter filled with Diesel Magic trick. 

[Shackeng]

Check both small rubber pipes connected to the inlet manifold are clear and have no cracks. I can't remember where they both go, and CBA to go and look.
Is it defo the 2.5 TD and not the later 2.2?