pleasantd83
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Hello all!
My 2015 escape has had a noticeable loss of power, more so, at highway speeds especially when trying to pass another vehicle. Here is a list of symptoms and events of my troubleshooting journey so far:
1. Vehicle has 46k miles.
2. No present signs of rough idle or other symptoms outside of the turbo which is the prime suspect.
3. The lack of power is characteristic of not having a turbo. (i.e. the sharp gain in power, acceleration, etc.. of a turbocharged engine is absent).
4. I can hear the wastegate operate properly when I let off the accelerator underload and while idle in neutral.
5. I can NOT hear the "hiss" sound that I normally hear when the turbo is producing boost while accelerating.
6. My dealership's engine performance technician found the fuel injectors and turbo performance in "normal parameters" and their test drive did NOT seem abnormal.
7. I assume the technician ran a gambit of tests of which nothing was explained to me as abnormal or performing incorrectly.
8. The only modification this vehicle has is a drop in K&N filter which only has 10k miles and looks perfectly fine except there is 2 sq. inches of the filter that is significantly dirtier and that part of the filter is located around the "mouth" of the airbox air inlet.
Thank you for your time and help in advance!
My 2015 escape has had a noticeable loss of power, more so, at highway speeds especially when trying to pass another vehicle. Here is a list of symptoms and events of my troubleshooting journey so far:
1. Vehicle has 46k miles.
2. No present signs of rough idle or other symptoms outside of the turbo which is the prime suspect.
3. The lack of power is characteristic of not having a turbo. (i.e. the sharp gain in power, acceleration, etc.. of a turbocharged engine is absent).
4. I can hear the wastegate operate properly when I let off the accelerator underload and while idle in neutral.
5. I can NOT hear the "hiss" sound that I normally hear when the turbo is producing boost while accelerating.
6. My dealership's engine performance technician found the fuel injectors and turbo performance in "normal parameters" and their test drive did NOT seem abnormal.
7. I assume the technician ran a gambit of tests of which nothing was explained to me as abnormal or performing incorrectly.
8. The only modification this vehicle has is a drop in K&N filter which only has 10k miles and looks perfectly fine except there is 2 sq. inches of the filter that is significantly dirtier and that part of the filter is located around the "mouth" of the airbox air inlet.
Thank you for your time and help in advance!