Vauxhall Astra no power/limp mode?

Car: Vauxhall Astra
Variant: 1.7 dti astra estate
Model Year: 2003
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
Recently bought a vauxhall astra 1.7 dti estate 2003, as soon as got to drive it realised that accelerator did almost nothing, flat to the floor in any gear takes at least 3 or 4 seconds for the car the begin revving properly, in second or third takes 10 maybe 20 seconds to crawl up to about 3000 rpm at which point it does boost very slightly. Once into 4th or 5th gear, keeping the rev's above 2 and a half is almost impossible even on flat ground and will drop speed. The only fault code flashing up is 0100, wondering if a dodgy afm sensor could be causing this issue?? Any advice appreciated as car is only method of getting to and from work and half hour journey is taking closer to an hour...
Posted: Aug 14, 2014 (10 years ago)
Need to replace AFM if showing faulty .Check all turbo hoses for leaks or collapsing .
Posted Aug 15, 2014 (10 years ago)
Try un plugging the AFM then starting it up.
it should run better and confirm afm failure.
Posted Aug 16, 2014 (10 years ago)
Cheers for the advice guys unplugged afm, vastly improved, put a new one in yesterday and drives like a new car cheers again for the solution.
Posted Aug 17, 2014 (10 years ago)
Glad you got it fixed , thanks for updating the forum .
Posted Aug 17, 2014 (10 years ago)

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