ml270 cdi 05 gutless

[rs new boy]

i have just towed our caravan today back from a local caravan site and the ml has very little power , it had a recon turbo last year and it was fine after but now it smokes plenty under throttle and not much power , it sounds like it should but seems down on power ,any idea folks

 

[texterted]

Have you got clean air and fuel filters?

 

[BIG_G_1979]

Sounds like a maf issue

 

[Auto-mobile]

Split boost hose or problem with recon turbo.

 

[Bobby Dazzler]

When we had our ML270 we towed our caravan home from a holiday in Dorset with a MAF issue and it was terrifying, as it refused to rev beyond 2000 RPM and that made for very very slow acceleration. I'd get that checked out. From memory it was around £60 from the main dealer and took 10 or maybe 20 minutes to fit myself.

 

[91dm]

Good advice above, can you hear a loud turbo whistle? If it's black smoking I'd say it could be a split hose.

I use mine to tow regularly which it does very well.