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Citroen DS3 Cabrio - Car feels slow - any advice? - Daniel Fleetwood
Good evening all.

Past few days my car has felt sluggish, feels like it has less power and also sounds quite noisy inside when travelling at high speeds. When driving 70mph on motorway it almost feels like I’m travelling up hill and certainly doesn’t feel like I’m going 70mph can even find myself going 80 without even realising.

Turbo intercooler hose pipe seems to be leaking oil at the bottom and there is oil over the top of the intercooler but not sure how long this has been doing this. Could this be the cause? Car was serviced 3 weeks ago and has been driving decent except the past few days.

I have checked pipes and can’t see any visible holes etc. I have checked all around the turbo too.

Had someone look at it and they say they can’t see any issues. They took for a spin round the streets 30mph and can feel a kick around 30mph but my car used to feel a lot quicker than this.

Does anyone have any ideas what this could be?

Thank you in advance.

Car is a DS3 Cabrio 1.6 HDI.

Edited by Daniel Fleetwood on 30/03/2021 at 21:24

Citroen DS3 Cabrio - Car feels slow - any advice? - Daniel Fleetwood
Also hear a swooshing noise when driving at high speeds.
Citroen DS3 Cabrio - Car feels slow - any advice? - elekie&a/c doctor
This will have the Psa Dv6 engine. Early versions were troubled with turbo problems due to oil flow issues . May be an idea to check the turbo rotor vanes for any excess movement.