Recent content by marottpa

Alright good news bad news update. Good news, turbo lag issue gone, bad news, got rear ended the next day. FML. They did some "update/calibration to the turbo" and ever since it has been driving like new. No hesitation, good torque down low, like nothing was ever wrong. It sounds like the...

It's more of a fluttering sound, that's the best word I can use to describe it. Different than the cold diesel rattle. Maybe a blow off valve just constantly fluttering and the car literally sputters trying to deliver power. This is all at maybe an 1/8 throttle, just tipping in. It all...

I have this same thing, happens especially in the morning when the car is cold and when I’m going up a slight grade. To me it feels related to the turbo, waste gate or something like that. Maybe staying open or closed I’m not sure. They replaced the valve body in the transmission but did not...

Dang that sucks! When you say it went into limp mode, does that limit your mph or does it limit power? I've only experienced the mph limitation when I had that emission system fault. Sounds like I'm headed down a similar rabbit hole:confused:

I'm running into the same problem with my yukon xl diesel. We had an issue with the emissions system, took it in, they fixed whatever they fixed but then had to put a new computer in because the old one "bricked". Started driving it after we picked up and with a consistent throttle pressure...